PO210 Week 5 Lecture Notes PDF
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This document provides lecture notes on legal procedures, focusing on phantom clients and the importance of clearly establishing confidentiality and client privilege in meetings.
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PO210 week 5 lecture notes October 2, 2024 7:13 PM - Phantom clients: an individual may believe that he or she is represented by a paralegal though he or she has not formally retained or hired the paralegal. - Limitation period: the time in which a legal proceeding must be...
PO210 week 5 lecture notes October 2, 2024 7:13 PM - Phantom clients: an individual may believe that he or she is represented by a paralegal though he or she has not formally retained or hired the paralegal. - Limitation period: the time in which a legal proceeding must be brought - Giving legal opinions to phantom clients can be risky - Steps need to be taken to ensure the client does not think you are representing them, especially if they have not signed a retainer agreement. - Confidential meeting/client privilege meeting while a 3rd party is present: - It needs to be clear that the meeting is confidential and that there will not be any correspondents or records of the meeting. - \"this meeting Is without prejudice\" - If client is there then client privilege is used - If client is not present then there is no client privilege
