Ethics : professional responsibility and the lawyer / Duncan Alexander Webb.

Wellington : Butterworths, 2000.

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Law and ethics -- New Zealand.

Lawyers -- New Zealand.

Professional ethics -- New Zealand.

Part one : Theoretical foundations

Chapter 1 : The Profession and society

Chapter 2 : Perceptions of the role of lawyers

Part two : Professional organisation and control

Chapter 3 : The Law Society and its roles

Chapter 4 : Professional standards

Part three : Lawyer and client :

Chapter 5 : Lawyer and client

Chapter 6 : Lawyer-client relationship - formation, termination and abuse

Chapter 7 : Loyalty

Chapter 8 : Confidence

Chapter 9 : Protecting confidences of former clients

Chapter 10 : Duties to disclose and keep informed

Chapter 11 : Competence and advocates' immunity

Chapter 12 : Fees

Part Four : Duties to the administration of justice

Chapter 13 : The Administration of justice

Chapter 14 : Duties in the conduct of litigation

Part five : Chapter 15 : Duties in the conduct of a legal practice

New Zealand Law Society Rules of Professional Conduct for Barristers and Solicitors 1998.

Includes index.

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xxxii, 526 p.