Recorded Webinar: Walking the Ethical Tightrope in Property Law (Ethics)

Whether you are a new or seasoned practitioner, the ethical issues that can arise in property practice can catch practitioners by surprise. This session examines the key ethical challenges that practitioners commonly face, and provides best practice guidance in how to tackle them head on, including:

• Dealing with conflict of interest arising from past client contact
• When acting for both parties crosses an ethical line
• Ethical issues in communications
• Email and confidentiality – unintended disclosure of information
• Is there a full and frank disclosure obligation in property matters?
• Disclosure risk scenarios:
  • Property characteristics
  • The ‘murder’ house
  • When silence is an ethical breach
  • Understating property characteristics
  • Case studies