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Retained or not retained?

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Checking AI outputs

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Documenting advice

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Will Your Translation Withstand the Challenge?

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The Importance of Formal Review Systems

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Usual Practice – Is It Good Enough?

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Missed Deadlines – Don’t Leave it Until the Last Minute

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Situation Critical – Key Dates

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Making Assumptions

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Off to the right start?

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Who is Your Client?

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A Judge’s View of File Notes

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Making matters worse

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Snowballing Mistakes

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Messaging Minefield: Managing Risks in Online Interactions

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Beyond Instructions: What to do when client capacity is uncertain

Risk on Air episode

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What App: Smarter app use to reduce legal risk

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Matter of Trust (Account)

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Starting Smart: Launching Your Practice with Risk in Mind

Risk on Air episode

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From Will to Woe: Traps for Executors

Risk on Air episode

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Employment Law: Unique Risks and Practical Tips

Risk on Air episode

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The New Tort – Invasion of Privacy

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Difficult dialogue: Managing challenging conversations

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A family affair: Conflicts of duties when acting for related parties

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Great Expectations: Managing client relationships in Family Law

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Duty to warn on bad deals?

Risk on Air episode

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Getting Paid – Costs Issues

Risk on Air episode

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Getting the Message Across

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Changing Ethics – What is Expected?

Risk on Air episode

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The Cost of Defamation

Risk on Air episode

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Client Files – Managing the Risk

Risk on Air episode

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Complaints against Solicitors

Risk on Air episode

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Delivering bad news

Risk on Air episode

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File ownership and documents – who owns what?

Risk on Air episode

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Solicitors Under Fire: Economic Impact on Negligence Claims

Risk on Air episode

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Footing the bill – emerging trends and issues in costs

Risk on Air episode

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Getting personal – limiting your exposure to personal costs orders

Risk on Air episode

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Neurodiversity and litigation – recognising and advising clients

Risk on Air episode

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Lone Wolf Thinking

Risk on Air episode

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Legal Work on the Run

Risk on Air episode

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The evolving law in relation to institutional abuse

Risk on Air episode

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Supervision of new lawyers

Risk on Air episode

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Navigating the Harman Obligation

Risk on Air episode

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Whose Side Are You On? Navigating conflicts of interest

Risk on Air episode

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Cybercrime – How you respond matters

Risk on Air episode

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Onboarding of New Clients: Lessons from a Claim

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El Chami v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue

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The value of robust conflict checking systems

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Navigating the risks of an ageing population

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Steering through the storm: Practical tips for dealing with difficult clients

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Drafting Errors: A Common But Manageable Risk

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Emptying the ‘too hard basket’

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Family and friends – Proceed with caution

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It’s all in the detail – Retainer, advices, and files notes

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The connection of clients and claims

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Wrong way, go back! Discovering a mistake

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Good fences make good neighbours

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File notes – Recent developments

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Ticking time bombs? Practice management process

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Client impressions matter

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Lessons in communication

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Under the microscope – the breadth and nature of a retainer

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Advice on the run

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Don’t panic! What to do and what not to do when facing a claim

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Could the secret to your success as a solicitor lie in asking the right questions?

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Check, check and then check again: Drafting errors resulting in claims against solicitors

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Family feud – Pitfalls of acting for multiple family members

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Under pressure – Urgent advice needed

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Common questions – Answered by Lawcover

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Honesty is the best policy

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Stress, workplace culture and risk

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Traps for junior solicitors

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Certificate of independent legal advice? Think twice!

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Negligence, professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct

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File reviews: A simple and effective risk management tool

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What does success look like to you?

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When many become one – aggregation of claims and the importance of Top Up insurance

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Compare or dispair

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Great expectations – Why managing client expectations is good risk management

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Causes of claims and the importance of risk management

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Destabilising the supervision structure

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Reasonable Supervision

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Ready to defend yourself? The power of the file note

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Caution – solicitor on board! Serving on a client’s board of directors

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Has your negligence caused a loss?

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This time it’s personal: defamation claims against solicitors

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Issue waiver: when is privilege lost?

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Who do you think they are? Identifying your client

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Limitation periods in equity – taking an analogous approach

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Under pressure: the relationship between risk and stress

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Traps for bilingual solicitors: Working with culturally and linguistically diverse clients

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Honesty is the best policy

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Reduce your risk by systematically managing critical dates

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Company directors personally liable for GST

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File notes: when to take them and when to use them

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Remote staff supervision: Managing the risks

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(Over)working from home and beyond

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Limitation periods: Simple? Not always

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Penumbral duty no longer ‘an area of obscurity or uncertainty’

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Protecting yourself from claims – when a file note saves the day

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When an inactive file becomes a problem

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A foot in each boat: dangers in acting for more than one party

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To text or not to text: lawyering via chat apps, social media and messaging

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Russia/Ukraine sanctions: are you or your clients at risk of breaching the sanctions?

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The cost of litigation: Avoiding personal costs orders

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High conflict personalities and legal disputes

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Traps for junior lawyers: Acting for friends and family can be risky business

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Navigating historic institutional abuse claims in an evolving legal environment

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Solicitors’ duties to remind clients

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A legal minefield: ‘Difficult’ client instructions

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Play the ball and not the player: Considerations for legal practitioners seeking personal costs orders

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Retainers and the extent of a solicitor’s duty of care

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When silence isn’t golden: Detecting early warning signs

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Duties to third parties – How to avoid an inadvertent duty to an opposing party

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Legal Practice 101: ‘Who is my client?’

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Retained or not retained: the NSWCA wants specifics

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Did you write that down? Court affirms file notes are crucial

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The ethics of negotiating

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Lawcover guide: false file notes

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When helpful is harmful

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Insights from Lawcover: avoiding conflict

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Ethics & Standards Quarterly: Lawcover insights on when mistakes happen

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Lawcover insights: Honesty is the best policy

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Client/Matter Instruction check

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File Closing Check

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Conflict of Interest Check

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The Resilient Lawyer

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Due Diligence Guide for Principals

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