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Recorded Webinar: The Ethics of Settlements: When Resolving Disputes Can Come Back to Bite You (Ethics)

Clients sometimes have second thoughts after settling a major piece of litigation. Often, when faced with settlement remorse, an easy target is the client’s legal team. But, what are the ethical duties of a practitioner advising settlement, particularly in difficult or hard-fought
PRESENTED BY Geoffrey Adelstein Principal - Adelsteins Solicitors , Sydney

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About the Webinar

Clients sometimes have second thoughts after settling a major piece of litigation. Often, when faced with settlement remorse, an easy target is the client’s legal team. But, what are the ethical duties of a practitioner advising settlement, particularly in difficult or hard-fought litigation? And do the ethical waters become murkier when the matter is being run on a contingency basis? This session unravels the ethical issues:

  • Advising on settlements – ethical obligations explained
  • Short time frames, costs and other pressures impacting settlement decisions – what ethical difficulties do they create?
  • Contingency arrangements, litigation funding arrangements and settlement:
    • what are your ethical duties?
    • who should be involved in the decision to settle?
  • How much coercion can lawyers put on clients to accept settlement?

Presented By

Geoffrey Adelstein
Principal, Adelsteins Solicitors Sydney, NSW

Geoffrey Adelstein is Principal of Adelstein Solicitors of Sydney. He has been practising as a Lawyer for over 45 years and is an Accredited Specialist in Advocacy and Personal Injury.

In his long career, he has practised extensively in personal injury litigation, having acted for injured persons and Insurers. He has been a Supreme and District Court Arbitrator, a CARS Assessor and Workers Compensation Arbitrator.

In more recent times he completed his Masters in Commercial Litigation. He practises extensively in commercial and insurance litigation and appears regularly as an advocate, across jurisdictions. As a passionate advocate, Geoffrey regularly presents workshops and trainings in advocacy to the profession, when he is not appearing in Court or instructing.

Geoffrey is Special Counsel to Elmassian Lawyers and provides consultant services to Thornton and King Lawyers.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is suitable for litigation lawyers - Australia wide and it has been designed to deliver the Ethics compulsory subject unit for th

CPD Information

unit for the CPD year ending 31st March 2018.

Enquiries/Assistance

If you need assistance or have an enquiry, please do not hesitate to contact our Webinar Coordinator, Lisa Tran on (03) 8601 7709 or email: [email protected]

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