Hamdi's Study box 📕: Recent Episodes
Fatma Hamdi
Working with or employing unauthorized persons , supervisory responsibilities and license to provide legal services suspended or restricted
Duties when acting as a mediator, Security of Court facilities and public appearances and statements,
Duty to the administration of justice, encouraging respect for the administration of justice, officers of the court .
Duty to report, encouraging clients to report dishonest conduct and, duty to report certain offences
Duty to Others licensed by the law society, duty to the law society, and duty to respond promptly and co-operate with an investigation.
Managing the stages of the client relationship and discussing the initial screening stage .
Referral fee requirements , disclosure to client and prohibition against licensees in a CSO
Charging fees and disbursements through civil society organizations and written confirmation
Threatening penal or regulatory proceedings, clients with diminished capacity and clients under duress or undue influence
Commencing and settling legal proceedings, settlement offers and the use of alternative dispute resolution
The paralegal-client relationship ,definition of fiduciary and what the standard of competence requires a paralegal to do in a fiduciary relationship?
Public office Judicial interim release, unrepresented persons and conflicts checking systems
Personal relationships and Affliations, multi -discipline practices and civil society organizations.
Requirements for permissible transactions with clients, independent legal advice , independent legal representation and consent, Acting for a client in a transaction with the client, payment for legal services and Guaranteeing debts
Transfers between firms , paralegal firm disqualification, transferring paralegal disqualification, determination of compliance, paralegal due diligence for non-licensee staff, transactions with clients and borrowing from clients
Definition of conflict of interest , recognizing situations in which conflicts arise, Avoiding conflicts of interest, Dealing with a conflict of interest and Consent
Joint clients and joint retainers, Authorized Representatives , Organizations, Limited Scope Retainers ,
Inclusive legal practice and working together, strategies to address systemic racism in the legal professions
What is substantive Equality? What is formal equality and the difference between the two?
Standards of the legal profession -r.2: Guidelines 1-4 . Integrity - rr. 2.01 (1)-(2) : Guidelines 1 , ss. 1-2 and 4 Courtesy , civility and good faith- r. .2.01(3) ; Guidelines 1, ss. 5-6 Advancement of the paralegal profession - r. 2.01(2): Guideline 1 ss. 1-3 outside interests and public office rr.2.01(4)-(5) ; Guidelines 2, ss. 1-4; Guidelines 9, ss 49-50
- What happens when a paralegal fails to comply with the law society's legislation,rules and regulations or to the by-laws made under the Act 2. Permissible scope of practice