How to Navigate Tricky Ethical Scenarios & Minimise Risk in Your Law Firm

Introduction

Clients can sometimes put solicitors in challenging situations.

Navigating gnarly ethics scenarios can be a minefield, however, you are not alone.

In this webinar we will examine the requirements under the SRA Principles and Codes of Conduct and run through some real-life ethics scenarios.

Consideration will be given to how to take a sensible and proportionate approach to law firm ethics that is commercial yet achieves the aims of the Principles and Codes.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• A brief overview of the SRA Principles and Codes
• Has the 2019 Principles and Codes of Conduct changed anything compared to the prior iteration?
• The SRA’s approach on ethics
• How to navigate ethics scenarios
• Real life ethics scenarios
• How to ensure those in the firm understand the Principles, Codes and ethics
• Resources to help with ethics scenarios

This webinar was recorded on 27th January 2025

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