LLW3009 Lawyers' Ethics & Professional Responsibility – Abbreviated Exam Notes

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Stop drowning in dense lecture slides the night before your exam. These notes take the entire back half of LLW3009 and strip it down to exactly what you need to recognise and apply under time pressure — no fluff, no filler, no re-reading the same paragraph three times trying to find the actual rule. Built for speed, not just summary. Every page uses colour-coded verdict tags, bolded section numbers, and bullet-point structure so you can scan a page in seconds and land on the right rule instantly — perfect for reading in the reading time before your exam starts, or for quick review the morning of. Topics included: Module 2 — Overarching Obligations (OO) in Civil Litigation: who the OO apply to, ss16–26 duties table, certification requirements (ss41–46) and the key cases Module 3 — Fundamental Duties to the Client: acting for close persons (Temby, Schueler, Re Wombat Securities), Solicitors' Conduct Rules duties table (best interests, competence, independence, confidentiality, etc.) Module 4 — Legal Professional Privilege / Client Legal Privilege: the 3 elements, dominant purpose test, in-house counsel independence, fraud/crime exception and the key cases Module 5 — Waiver to Privilege: implied waiver test, key cases Mann v Carnell, BAT v Cowell, Bennett, Switchcorp, Macquarie Bank, Osland, Dreyfus; disclosure by mistake; expert-report waiver principles Module 6 — Cost Disclosures / Cost Agreements: mandatory disclosure duties (s174–s177), exceptions, standard vs conditional agreements, uplift vs contingency fees, disciplinary cases Module 7 — Avoiding Successive Conflict Between Clients: information barriers, imputed knowledge, key tests from Mallesons, Cairndale, Bolkiah v KPMG, Yunghanns, World Medical, Spincode Module 8 — Avoiding Concurrent Conflicts Between Clients: Rules –, informed consent, Wan v McDonald, LSC v Blaker, LSC v El-Hissi Module 9 — Duty to Fellow Practitioners: honesty to opponents, not contacting another's client, unfair advantage (Chamberlain), LSC v Paric Module 9A — Duties to the Court & Admin of Justice: duty of candour, ex parte disclosure, abuse of process (Levick, White Industries v Flower & Hart), independence, false evidence, criminal-proceedings duties Whether you're cramming the week before or just want a reliable reference to study from all semester, these notes are built to get you to the right answer fast — so you spend your limited exam time applying the law, not hunting for it.