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- Personal Promise Or Responsibility
- Clear, Unambiguous and Time-Bound
- Provided Or Confirmed in Writing
- Enforcement and Discipline
Unless clearly qualified, a licensee’s undertaking is a personal promise and responsibility. Using the phrase “on behalf of my client” does not, in itself, release the licensee from the obligation to honour it. If a licensee does not intend to take personal responsibility, this should be clearly stated in the undertaking or promise provided. Likewi...
Undertakings and trust conditions should be clear, unambiguous, and explicit and should state the time within which the undertakings must be fulfilled or the conditions met. Depending on the circumstances, it may be appropriate to include contingencies (e.g., if the obligations in the undertaking rely on certain events occurring, the licensee shoul...
Paralegals are required to give undertakings in writing or confirm undertakings in writing as soon as practicable after giving them. While there is no similar requirement for lawyers, to help manage and mitigate risk lawyers should alsoprovide or confirm undertakings in writing. Trust conditions should also be imposed and accepted in writing and co...
A court or a tribunal may enforce a licensee's undertaking, trust condition or other practice-related promise. The licensee may be brought before a court or tribunal to explain why the undertaking, trust condition or other practice-related promise was breached. The court or tribunal may also order the licensee to take steps to satisfy the undertaki...
For law firms, the key message from our research is simple: Focus on service. More than anywhere else in the world, Canadian companies prioritize client service over other factors, and the law firms that really understand, respond to, and support their clients’ particular needs, will benefit most from this growing market.
Dec 6, 2013 · When a party provides a Notice of Fulfillment, they are legally proclaiming that the condition has been fulfilled. A Waiver on the other hand does not have the same effect or result as the Notice of Fulfillment.
Land Use and Zoning Attorney is fully informed of the needs of the architecture industry and is well-versed in the legal regulations, per-mit requirements, and environmental issues as well as government contracts and construction laws involved in the actual construction phase.
Mar 12, 2020 · This article discusses the need for a quality movement (focused on standard work, error detection, peer review, performance measurement, and continuous improvement) and standards for legal-services quality and value. The article discusses output, process, and input data and metrics for measuring quality and value.
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From experience and from our survey data. The 2014 Law Firms in Transition Survey (page 14) found that only 10% of law firm leaders thought that change in the profession would be driven by law firms. 90% of firm leaders thought that change would be driven by clients, technology, generational transitions or other.
