Requirements, Risks and Remedies
With an easily accessible Q&A format, this book will provide anyone regulated by the SRA or employed in an SRA-regulated firm with key knowledge about risk management of conflicts of interests and duties that relate to confidentiality and disclosure.

Written in an easily accessible Q&A format, this book offers assistance to those regulated by the SRA or employed in SRA-regulated firms. It gives insight into the risk management of conflicts of interests as well as the duties relating to confidentiality and disclosure. All information is presented in a user-friendly manner, providing a clear examination of the main considerations, offering compliance tips designed to mitigate the risks together with signposts to further resources.

Key areas covered include:

• regulatory requirements
• professional ethics
• conflicts of interest
• confidentiality
• disclosure
• practice area-specific conflicts
• duties to clients and to the firm
• practical compliance guidance
• reporting serious breaches to the SRA.

This book is an essential companion for lawyers and non-lawyers alike to manage the regulatory and ethical duties connected with conflicts of interests and confidentiality and disclosure duties. Written in an accessible style, it can be dipped into as required, read cover to cover or used as a basis for training.