Professional Ethics in UK Law

  • United Kingdom Forms Cyber Security Council
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    As part of its five-year, £1.9 billion ($2.65 million) national cybersecurity strategy, the UK government on February 9 announced the launch of the UK Cyber Security Council (Council), a new indepe...
    ... ... new independent body to support career opportunities and set professional standards for the UK’s cybersecurity sector. The Council will be ... on four key objectives: professional development, professional ethics, thought leadership, and outreach and diversity in cybersecurity ... The ... ...
  • Law Society offers professional helpline
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    The UK Law Society is now offering solicitors professional help by email and fax. From the Law Society announcement: The Law Society helplines provide advice, support and access to pastoral care fo...
    ... ... Thanks to the Law Society for this professional guidance. Other helplines Ethics helpline 0870 606 2577 The Solicitors Regulation Authority provides the Professional Ethics helpline for solicitors. Lines are open from 09.00 to ... ...
  • I, ROBOT LAWYER: Artificial Intelligence v Keystone Lawyer
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... Professional ethics dilemmas will arise where AI solutions provide legal advice ... ...
  • Blowing The Whistle. What's Wrong With Corporate Culture?
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... To remain quiet would have meant compromising his professional ... ethics. However his principles cost him dearly. After Wirecard ... ...
  • The Prices And Prizes Of Becoming Dual Qualified
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... Consider the disadvantages: pressing pause on your current professional life; significant costs; and the worst of the lot — exams ... Aspiring attorneys are also tested on their professional ethics by way of the multistate professional responsibility exam. And having ... ...
  • Limiting the Scope of Privilege for In-House Lawyers
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... on the ability of European in-house counsel to claim legal professional privilege in competition investigations by the European Commission. This ... or Law Society and the fact that they are subject to professional ethics codes, do not enjoy the same degree of independence from their employers ... ...
  • ECJ Rules Against Widening of Legal Professional Privilege for In-House Lawyers
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... The Applicants argued that the rules of professional ethics and discipline applicable to an in-house lawyer, paired with the guarantees enjoyed by an 'advocaat in dienstbetrekking' (an enrolled Dutch lawyer, ... ...
  • Changing Codes of Conduct
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    In the first few days of October, the Market Research Society (MRS) and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) both decided to change their codes of ethics, but for two v...
    ... ... Admission Counseling (NACAC) both decided to change their codes of ethics, but for two very different reasons ... The driver for change at the MRS ... to 3 to strip the provisions from their Code of Ethics and Professional Practice,[5] including passages such as: ... “Once students have ... ...
  • The OFT's Revised Leniency Guidance Advises Companies How To Conduct Internal Investigations Into Cartels
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... The legal adviser is bound by professional ethics; and due care ... must be taken when the individual being ... ...
  • The Knotty Issue of Privilege in Competition Law in the EU and UK
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... is properly qualified and subject to adequate rules of professional ethics and discipline which are laid down and enforced in the general ... ...
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