Resources for Legal Ethics and Professional Standards: Secondary Materials

This commentary provides a comprehensive breakdown of the elements of each rule of ethics in the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015 and covers all the relevant case law and disciplinary decisions which concern ethical accountability. It addresses related legislation, the governing practice directions, rulings, guidance notes and circulars which affect a lawyer’s practice as well as judgments from other jurisdictions.

This book is a practical primer on conduct for lawyers and would be lawyers. It deals with professional etiquette and courtesy, and how lawyers within the profession should treat each other.

See in particular:
Chapter 1 One Man’s Experience by Joseph Grimberg SC
Chapter 17 Ethics and Etiquette by Chelva R Rajah SC
Chapter 20 Overview from the Bench by the Honourable Justice Choo Han Teck

See in particular Chapter 8 New Developments in Ethics and Etiquette by the Honourable Judicial Commissioner Ang Cheng Hock (as he then was)

See in particular Chapter 12 Legal Ethics by S Chandra Mohan