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Regardless of their field of specialization, all lawyers must be aware of the rules that govern legal practice, regulate interactions with clients, and govern financial obligations and reporting practices.
Newly revised and thoroughly updated, the Halsbury's Legal Profession (2017 Reissue) title sets out the law governing the practice of law in Canada. This title includes a narrative of how the legal profession is regulated in the various provincial and territorial jurisdictions, requirements regarding entry into the profession and educational standards, the organization and conduct of a law practice, financial and reporting requirements, the rules and obligations governing client relationships and interaction with the public, issues of professional conduct and duties towards the court and other lawyers.
Specific topics covered include:
Powers of the provincial and territorial law societies
Entry to the Profession
Mandatory educational requirements
Rules governing inter-provincial mobility of lawyers
Temporary practice agreements
Readmission after disbarment
Organization of practice
Fiduciary duties to partners and duty to account
Limited liability partnerships and law corporations
Multi-discipline practices or partnerships
Paralegals and mediator
Financial reporting requirements
Trust money and general retainers
Exemptions from money handling obligations
Trust withdrawal and payments
Books and record-keeping requirements
Advertising and ethics
Contents of permissible advertising
Statutory requirements
Limitations on solicitation
Competition from current and past partners and conflicts of interest
Custodianship of a practice
Complaints against members
Law society and external review
Discipline Tribunals
Grounds for disciplinary action
Professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a lawyer
Appeals and reinstatement
Client relations
The retainer
When a lawyer may not be retained and must be retained
Acceptance of a retainer
Instructing parties other than an individual client
Legal aid
Withdrawal by client, by lawyer and by judicial orders
