Core Duties Flashcards
What is Core Duty 1?
You must observe your duty to the court in the administration of justice
What is Core Duty 2?
You must act in the best interests of each client
What is Core Duty 3?
You must act with honesty and integrity
What is Core Duty 4?
You must maintain your independence
What is Core Duty 5?
You must not behave in a way which is likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in you or in the profession
What is Core Duty 6?
You must keep the affairs of each client confidential
What is Core Duty 7?
You must provide a competent standard of work and service to each client
What is Core Duty 8?
You must not discriminate unlawfully against any person
What is Core Duty 9?
You must be open and co-operative with your regulators
What is Core Duty 10?
You must take reasonable steps to manage your practice, or carry out your role within your practice, competently and in such a way as to achieve compliance with your legal and regulatory obligations
You must observe your duty to the court in the administration of justice. Which Core Duty?
Core Duty 1
You must maintain your independence. Which Core Duty?
Core Duty 4
You must be open and co-operative with your regulators. Which Core Duty?
Core Duty 9
You must not discriminate unlawfully against any person. Which Core Duty?
Core Duty 8
You must be open and co-operative with your regulators. Which Core Duty?
Core Duty 9
You must act in the best interests of each client. Which Core Duty?
Core Duty 2
You must not behave in a way which is likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in you or in the profession
Core Duty 5
You must keep the affairs of each client confidential. Which Core Duty?
Core Duty 6
You must take reasonable steps to manage your practice, or carry out your role within
your practice, competently and in such a way as to achieve compliance with your legal and
regulatory obligations. Which Core Duty?
Core Duty 10
You must provide a competent standard of work and service to each client. Which Core Duty?
Core Duty 7
What are the 5 Conduct rules at rC3?
1.You must not knowingly or recklessly mislead or attempt to mislead the court;
2. You must not abuse your role as an advocate;
3. You must take reasonable steps to avoid wasting the court’s time;
4. You must take reasonable steps to ensure that the court has before it all relevant decisions and
legislative provisions;
5.You must ensure that your ability to act independently is not compromised.
What is rC4?
Your duty to act in the best interests of each client is subject to your duty to the court.
What is rC5?
Your duty to the court does not require you to act in breach of your duty to keep the affairs of each
client confidential.
Your duty not to mislead the court or to permit the court to be misled will include the following obligations. You must not:
A) Make submissions, representations or any other statement; or
B) Ask questions which suggest facts to witnesses
which you know, or are instructed, are untrue or misleading.
rC6(1)
What is rC7.2?
You must not:
A) make submissions, representations or any other statement; or
B) ask questions which suggest facts to witnesses
which you know, or are instructed, are untrue or misleading.
What is rC7.3?
You must not make a serious allegation against any person, or suggest that a person is guilty of a
crime with which your client is charged unless:
A) You have reasonable grounds for the allegation; and
B) The allegation is relevant to your client’s case or the credibility of a witness; and
C) Where the allegation relates to a third party, you avoid naming them in open court unless this is reasonably necessary.
What is rC7.4?
You must not put forward to the court a personal opinion of the facts or the law unless you are
invited or required to do so by the court or by law.
Where are these Conduct Rules found:
- You must not knowingly or recklessly mislead or attempt to mislead the court;
- You must not abuse your role as an advocate;
- You must take reasonable steps to avoid wasting the court’s time;
- You must take reasonable steps to ensure that the court has before it all relevant decisions and
legislative provisions;
5.You must ensure that your ability to act independently is not compromised.
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rC3
