Ch 5 - Professional Liability

Question 1

Should professional bodies be allowed to discipline their members, or should discipline be left to the courts?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What are the potential advantages and possible disadvantages of multi-disciplinary partnerships?

Answer 2

Advocates of MDP’s claim that they benefit clients whose problems cannot readily be compartmentalized into legal and non-legal, and they provide a more efficient one stop shop.

The concerns are the possibility that professional duties and codes of conduct could conflict and the increased sizes of firms and diversity of services may give rise to more conflicts of interest between clients.