Workshop | Ethics

[Booking will open at 10:00 AM on Wednesday 31 March]

An interactive seminar on Ethics led by Middle Temple practitioners.

Ethics – in practical terms, compliance with requirements of BSB Handbook and especially the Code of Conduct – at heart of what we do as professionals – not some technical or academic add on.

You WILL come across ethical problems – the more junior you are the more often they will arise with no warning at the last minute – stranded in some far away court.

You MUST be able to identify a problem and think it through and ask for advice. There may not be a right answer but it is better to have thought it through and done something than not to have noticed it.

You WILL find different duties often pull in different directions and what you have to do may be counter-intuitive.

Practitioners:

• Master Jeremy Nicholson
• Master Andrew Onslow
• Master Louise McCullough
• Yash Bheeroo
• Rani Noakes

Details of the preparation will be circulated ahead of the QS.

This event is for members only.

Click here to see details of the QS Requirements and how to be credited with the QS for this session

Learning Outcomes:

After this session, students should be able to:

• Recognise when a core duty is engaged in particular ethical situations.
• Identify relevant sections of the Bar Code of Conduct that applies in particular ethical situation.
• Plan/formulate correct courses of action.
• Apply practical guidance to realistic problems.

Links to the Professional Statement, wider workings of the Bar, administration of justice or a public interest matter

The QS will align with these elements of the Professional Statement:

• 1.1 / 1.5 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 1.10 / 1.16 / 1.17
• 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.5 / 2.6
• 3.3 / 3.4
• 4.4 / 4.5

Click here to view the BSB's Professional Statement

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