Client money : trust account management for Australian lawyers 1st Edition Reid Mortensen – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780409342086, 0409342084
Product details:
- ISBN 10: 0409342084
- ISBN 13: 9780409342086
- Author: Reid Mortensen
This valuable text provides comprehensive and detailed guidance on the law and professional standards and ethics governing the role of lawyers in handling money held for a client, with a particular focus on lawyers’ trust account management. It covers all Australian jurisdictions, and includes the Legal Profession Uniform Law now in force in New South Wales and Victoria.
As the security of trust money rests significantly on how lawyers account for trust account transactions, the accounting required by law is explained and examples are given to illustrate how accounts are to be kept. The more general legal responsibilities relating to handling of others’ money are also discussed, including those arising in contract, tort and under fiduciary and trustees’ duties. The author also addresses the statutory powers that underpin civil remedies such as the ordering of accounts and appointment of receivers.
The scope and depth of coverage of this work make it essential reading for legal practitioners, students and graduates undertaking practical legal training.
Table contents:
Ch 1. The Lawyer as Fiduciary and Trustee
Ch 2. Client Money, Classification and Accounts
Ch 3. Opening Accounts
Ch 4. Recording
Ch 5. Receiving and Depositing Money
Ch 6. Paying Money
Ch 7. Lawyers’ Accounts
Ch 8. Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts
Ch 9. Reconciliations
Ch 10. Controlled Money and Investments
Ch 11. Transit and Power Money
Ch 12. Regulation, Audit and Supervision
Ch 13. Civil Liability
Ch 14. Fidelity Funds
Ch 15. Criminal Responsibility
Ch 16. Professional Discipline
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