Course Description

Synopsis:

Client information must be kept confidential. However, what happens in such situations:

when the client has passed away;
when family members disagree;
when a deputy, a donee, or an executor requests the documents;
when a lawyer is asked to testify against a former client;
when a court is involved

In this second episode, it focuses on one of the most fundamental professional obligations that every lawyer owes to every client: confidentiality. The above questions are explored in Chapter 4 of the Professional Ethics Digest through eight real-life scenarios.

View Chapter 1: Publicity, Marketing and Touting here.

The Law Society published the Professional Ethics Digest 2026, a comprehensive reference resource containing 82 anonymised ethics guidances issued by the Professional Conduct Council's Advisory Committee between January 2020 and January 2026.

PED 2026 provides practical guidance on professional conduct and ethics issues commonly encountered by legal practitioners, with insights drawn from real-world ethics queries submitted by members of the profession.

Keywords:

Professional Ethics, Responsibility, PCR, Confidentiality, Advisory Committee, Disclosure