Legal Communication and Ethical Decision Making

LEGAL COMMUNICATION
AND ETHICAL DECISION
MAKING
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
LETTER OF ADVICE....................................................................................................................3
Reflection of issue...........................................................................................................................4
Liam Mayne case.........................................................................................................................4
Sally field case.............................................................................................................................5
Louis Thompson case..................................................................................................................6
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LETTER OF ADVICE
Date: 5 June, 2021
Dear Harry,
Legal advice regarding the issues that you are facing with the cases of the clients. The
client name liam Mayne who wants to sale its town house in the Melbourne and Liam has settled
the $70000 to the Harry by the settlement monies in their trust account to the Horne Accounting
Pvt. Ltd. , later you paid the accounting fees that you held from the trust monies and transfer
into the Horne Accounting Pty ltd bank account. Another client was Sally who want some of the
part of her mother will and want some of the money and her brother refuses to do s and need
whole will and testaments himself and you file the case. The notice is come twice for the hearing
that is to be heard by the Justice Zayn. You are so busy with the work that you forget to tell Sally
about the hearing and don’t went to the court on the date of the hearing and the judge was not
impressed and tell the next date for the hearing. But also the second time you forget to tell the
Sally and don’t went for the hearing. Because of this the Justice Zayn stuck out from the case
and ordered to pay her brother of the plaintiff pay in the sum of $7,000. The next client is Louis
Thompson who is misleads with the conduct in the matter of commercial lease. The trail will
took place for the 3 days and on the second day Louis is called as witness by the Mr Malik who
is opponent lawyer and the cross questing is done and will continue on the next day as well.
Louis want to solve the case as soon as possible as for that after the discussion with you he called
to the Krystal for the resolve the matter before the next day trial but she refused.
Thank you for coming to a meeting at our office on 15th May, 2021 for discussion of legal
issues that whether he is liable to any breaches of the ethical obligations while practising as an
Australian Legal Practitioner working as a solicitor in Victoria. From the previous discussion it
has been identified that in his case with, Liam Mayne, who is a property developer, he is not
liable for any kind of breach or ethical issue because his client Liam himself had asked Harry to
take legal costs for this sale matter from the settlement monies. Liam had also confirmed this in
written by sending an email to harry. In his second case discussion held on 15th May, 2021 about
another client Sally Field. In this case Harry did miss first two hearing dates and forget to inform
Sallay about the same. You did take Wills and Estates law despite of the fact that you do not take
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