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Testing times: in-house counsel and independence

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dc.contributor.authorLe Mire, S.
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractIndependence has long been seen as a key to ethical lawyering. It is associated with improving the quality of legal work, and promoting advice that aligns the client's interests with the 'set of general social norms'. It is seen as so important that it 'defines the lawyer as a professional'. Yet lawyers' independence also presents some difficulties. Despite the exhortations in its favour over many years, the term remains vague and under-developed. Without a clear concept of what is being sought, it is difficult to ascertain what value can be given to it, and what techniques of regulation can be used to encourage it. The process becomes a fairly unproductive one of examining lawyers for traits of independence and failing to find any. This has led more than one commentator to doubt the value of independence as a way of considering legal practice
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySuzanne Le Mire
dc.description.urihttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=244925702612925;res=IELHSS
dc.identifier.citationLegal Ethics, 2011; 14(1):21-47
dc.identifier.doi10.5235/146072811796373014
dc.identifier.issn1460-728X
dc.identifier.issn1757-8450
dc.identifier.orcidLe Mire, S. [0000-0003-4069-5348]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/70475
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHart Publishing Ltd
dc.rights© Hart Publishing
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.5235/146072811796373014
dc.subjectlawyers
dc.subjectin-house counsel
dc.subjectprofessional responsibility
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjectindependence
dc.titleTesting times: in-house counsel and independence
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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