The Ethics and Conduct of Lawyers in England and Wales

This is the third edition of the leading textbook on legal ethics and the regulation of the legal profession in England and Wales. As such it maps the complex regulatory environment in which the legal profession in England and Wales now operates. It opens with a critical overview of professional ideals, organisation, power and culture and an examination of the mechanisms of professions, exercised through governance, regulation, discipline and education. The core of the book explores the conflict between duties owed to clients (loyalty and confidentiality) and wider duties (to the profession, third parties and society). The final part applies lawyers' ethics to dispute resolution and settlement (litigation, negotiation, advocacy and alternative dispute settlement). Now laid out in a more accessible format and written in a more approachable style, the book is ideal reading for those teaching and learning in the field of legal ethics.

Part I: Professional Ethics Chapter One: Ideals Chapter Two: Culture Chapter Three: Power Chapter Four: Organisation Chapter Five: Governance Chapter Six: Education Chapter Seven: Regulation Chapter Eight: Discipline Chapter Nine: Loyalty Chapter Ten: Confidences Chapter Eleven: Conflicts of Interest Chapter Twelve: Fees Chapter Thirteen: Individual Third Parties Chapter Fourteen: Collective Third Parties Chapter Fifteen: Service Chapter Sixteen: Employment Chapter Seventeen: Litigation Chapter Eighteen: Negotiation Chapter Nineteen: Advocacy Chapter Twenty: Alternative Dispute Resolution