Level: Mandatory
CLE Units: 1
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Speaker
Marina Wilson, Solicitor in charge of the Legal Costs Unit of the Law Society of NSW
Summary
How does a law practice ensure payment of legal costs?
What happens when the retainer is terminated before the matter is finalised?
In this video podcast, our speaker Marina Wilson discusses the strategies for protecting your costs.
She provides an insight into the procedure that should be followed by the former solicitor and by the new solicitor upon termination of the retainer.
Marina also covers:
- Steps to protect your costs
- Terminating your retainer
- Does the file belong to the client?
- Transferring your file
- Types of liens
- An in-depth look at the Tripartite Deed
CLE requirements
If this particular video podcast is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one "unit” for each hour of viewing.
Private study of video / audio / DVD equates to 1 MCLE (CPD) unit per hour to a maximum of 5 MCLE (CPD) units.
For more information visit the Law Society website.
This video podcast may assist practitioners to meet a portion of the mandatory requirements of Solicitors Rule 42 (MCLE – Continuing Professional Development), specifically 42.1.6 where practitioners must include at least one (1) MCLE unit in each of the following fields:
- 42.1.6.1 Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- 42.1.6.2 Practice Management and Business Skills
- 42.1.6.3 Professional Skills
For more information view the non-exhaustive list of topics.
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