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Ethics BPTC Revision questions with correct answers

BPTC Civil Litigation Limitation questions with correct answers

BPTC Civil Litigation Commencing Proceedings questions with correct answers

BPTC Civil Litigation Statement of Case questions with correct answers

BPTC Civil Litigation General Matters questions with correct answers

BPTC Civil Litigation Limitation questions with correct answers

BPTC Civil Litigation Parties questions with correct answers

Circumstances where you must NOT NOT NOT accept Instructions - You must NOT accept instructions to act in a case ifL -DUE to any EXISTING or PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, you cannot fulfil your obligation to ACT IN THE CLIENT's BEST INTERESTS; -THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, or a REAL RISK of a conlict of interest between your own personal interests and thst of a prospective client; -THERE is a CONFLICT OF INTEREST, or a REAL RISK of a conflict of interest, bwtween the prospective client and ...

The extent of the duties under CDs 3 & 4 - - You must not do anything that could be reasonably be seen by the public to undermine my honest, integrity (CD3) and independence (CD4) How do my duties to act with honesty, integrity and independence relate to my duty to act in my client's best interests? - They take primacy over them. In other words, if acting in your client's best interests required you to anything inconsistent with your obligations under CD3 and $ it's a NO NO PERSONAL RESP...

Define Limitation Period - The period within which a person who has a right to claim against another must start court proceedings to establish that right. The expiry of which may be used as a defence. When does the limitation period begin when the Claimant is a child at the date of the cause of action? - Time starts to run on the Claimant's 18th Birthday- S 28 LA 1980. For PI cases add 3 years, I.e. 21st Birthday When does the limitation period begin when the Claimant lacks mental capacity...