Date: 05 June 2024 (Wednesday) Time: 2:00pm – 5:45pm Language: English Level: Intermediate
Speaker: Judith Sihombing, Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lawyer/Trainee Solicitor/Foreign Lawyer Other Professionals’ Elective RME &CPD Points: 4
Fee: HK$2,350
– elements of negligence including the holistic approach: the predominance of equitable relief through FD or trusts or Lord Cairn’s Act damages:
-is there a distinction between advice v information liability? consider auditors; solicitors: medicos: others
-the solicitor’s duty of care – generally: observance of the LPO ( CAP 159) And the Solicitors Practice Rules (Cap 159H):
-the solicitor as an officer of the Court:
-especial care – confidentiality: LPP:
-what of the modern solicitor – the LLP and (if and when) incorporation of law firms?
Remark: All eligible lawyers including partners, sole proprietor, consultants, assistant solicitors, foreign lawyers and trainees should take at least 3 Elective RME points each year. All solicitors can have 4 CPD points per seminar. However, we will give the priority to all eligible solicitors in obtaining elective RME points and CPD points.