Ethics on Friday: Guardianship and Administration – Current Challenges and Best Practices

Join Richard Graham (Legal Practitioner Direct, Graham & Associates) for this informative seminar exploring current challenges and best practices in ethical conduct within guardianship and administration practice.

Recent decisions by the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) have highlighted specific ethical concerns in guardianship and administration practice, revealing situations where practitioners have faced scrutiny regarding conflicts of interest, capacity assessments, and professional boundaries.

This seminar will address five key areas of ethical concern in guardianship practice:

• Ethical Duties When Representing Parties with Diminished Capacity
• Conflicts of Interest in Guardianship and Administration Practice
• Recent SAT Decisions and Their Ethical Implications
• Confidentiality, Privacy and Information Sharing
• Ethical Risk Management in Guardianship Practice

By the conclusion of this seminar, you will have a sound understanding of the unique ethical challenges in guardianship and administration practice, be able to recognise common ethical pitfalls, and have the tools to develop a framework for ethical decision-making when representing vulnerable clients.

Disclaimer:

1. This seminar is subject to change.
2. The Legal Practice Board of Western Australia states that CPD Units are awarded for a full hour and/ or half hour of attendance. Lesser periods are rounded down to the nearest half hour. 
3. A practitioner cannot claim CPD Units for attending a seminar that has the same content during the same CPD year. The content must extend the practitioner’s knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to the solicitor’s practice needs or professional development.  Practitioners should not request CPD Units for any subsequent seminars which contain the same or similar content within the same CPD year.