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Autore |
Phillips Fred, Sir, <1918, > |
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Ethics of the legal profession : a new order / / Sir Fred Phillips |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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1-84314-818-8 |
1-135-32832-3 |
1-135-32831-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 2004 by Cavendish Publishing Limited. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Table of Abbreviations; 1 A Crisis in Legal Ethics; Excess of lawyers; Greater consciousness; Governments' intervention; Business v profession; The English position; Canada; The United States of America; How the Third World copes with the crisis; Concluding remarks; 2 The Law - A Business Rather than a Profession?; Introduction; Law firms; Novel business ways of delivery; For-profit plans; Prepaid legal plans; Permissibility of these plans; Canadian plans; Position in the Caribbean |
England and WalesConclusion; 3 Access to Justice; Fundamental obstacle; Constitutional development; The world economic order changes; The effect of the legislative changes; What changes have taken place with legal aid overseas?; How lack of resources obstructs; Fee structure; Contingency fees; Canadian courts lead the way; What are the arguments in favour of contingency fees?; The future of access to justice in the case of hard-pressed governments; Concluding comments; 4 Immunity from Suit; Rondel v Worsley; Saif Ali v Mitchell; Irony in the history of immunity from suit; Hall v Simons |
Concluding comments with special reference to the application of Hall v Simons to developing countries5 Professional Responsibility of Lawyers; Introductory remarks; Basis of contractual liability; Concurrent liability in contract and tort; The impulse to do practical justice in lawyers' liability; Breaches of trust; How duties of a solicitor are to be carried |
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