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Apr 30, 2023 – This publication sets out some of the more significant judicial and legislative developments during the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 which may bear upon a South Australian legal practitioner’s potential liability or on damages awards gen
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Mar 6, 2023 – The examination aims to identify any injury or medical condition that you suffer and to determine the extent to which such injury or condition was caused by your accident and/or work conditions.
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Nov 11, 2019 – Guidelines relating to Bullying, Discrimination and Sexual Harassment adopted by the Council at its meeting on 4 November 2019
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Apr 30, 2023 – An amendment to the No Profit Rule and how to avoid breaching it.
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Feb 1, 2021 – Crowd-funding has obvious access to justice benefits and can be a valid and valuable source of funding for legal services. 2. The purpose of this document is to improve understanding of crowd-funding and highlight the relevant ethical and profession
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Jun 15, 2023 – On 15 June 2023, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2023, the Law Council published a revised Best Practice Guide for Legal Practitioners in Relation to Elder Financial Abuse to help lawyers identify potential incidents of abuse, particularly financial
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Aug 23, 2022 – Access CPD papers and recordings via our online store or view a listing of older papers and recordings
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Apr 30, 2023 – The Small Practice Newsletter is coordinated by David Barnfield (Small Practice Committee member). It is distributed to all practitioners in small firms and barristers (who are members of the Law Society)
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Jul 6, 2014 – The Bulletin is the Law Society’s flagship journal, featuring information on the latest developments in the legal profession, informed analysis on key justice issues, previews and reviews of major events, and engaging profiles of legal professionals.
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Feb 5, 2024 – Advocacy Notes is a monthly newsletter providing the latest news and advocacy from the Law Society
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Jul 6, 2014 – The Bulletin is the Law Society’s flagship journal, featuring information on the latest developments in the legal profession, informed analysis on key justice issues, previews and reviews of major events, and engaging profiles of legal professionals.
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Jul 6, 2014 – The Bulletin is the Law Society’s flagship journal, featuring information on the latest developments in the legal profession, informed analysis on key justice issues, previews and reviews of major events, and engaging profiles of legal professionals.
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Feb 15, 2019 – InBrief is a weekly newsletter distributed to all Members on Thursday afternoons. InBrief contains important information about current issues, updates, upcoming events, renewals, calls for expressions of interest, employment opportunities, submis
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Dec 11, 2023 – The Official newsletter of the Criminal Law Committee of the Law Society of South Australia.
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Dec 11, 2023 – The Official newsletter of the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of South Australia.
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Jul 20, 2022 – The official newsletter of the Succession and Elder Law Committee of the Law Society of South Australia.
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Apr 30, 2023 – The purpose of this Guideline is to provide practitioners with a starting point for seeking general information. It is not an exhaustive statement of all the relevant ethical obligations that might apply to specific circumstances.
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Apr 30, 2023 – This Guide is designed to provide an overview of the development of the AML/CTF regime in Australia. The first sections set out the history of the regime and describe some of the obligations and sanctions that apply to reporting entities covered by t
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Apr 30, 2023 – This is also a practical guide to assist legal practitioners when they have doubts about their client’s “legal” capacity to give them instructions or to make their own legal decisions. This may be because of illness, intellectual disability, mental
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Apr 30, 2023 – General Guidelines Between the Australian Federal Police and the Law Council of Australia as to the Execution of Search Warrants on Lawyers' Premises, Law Societies and like Institutions in Circumstances where a Claim of Legal Professional Privilege
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Apr 30, 2023 – Their aim is to assist law practices guard against the risk of a breach of the duty of confidentiality owed to former clients.
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Apr 30, 2023 – This document has been prepared for the Law Society of South Australia by NDA Law Pty Ltd for the purpose of providing general advice to legal practitioners in South Australia on the use of copyright material within a legal practice.
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Apr 30, 2023 – This document provides a set of six protocols, some related discussion and tips for a legal practice that is culturally attuned to Aboriginal peoples’ requirements. It is primarily aimed at lawyers who service Aboriginal people in South Australia whe
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Apr 30, 2023 – South Australian practitioners who are considering practising or establishing a law practice in a foreign jurisdiction should be aware that regulatory regimes in other countries can differ significantly to those in Australia.
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Apr 30, 2023 – This policy has been adopted by the Law Society of South Australia in furtherance of the objects of the Law Society agreed to by the Annual General Meeting held on 21 October 1993, which provide that, inter alia, the Law Society will undertake activi