About the event

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This session qualities for 1 Hour of Law Mutual (WA) approved Risk Management Training in the 2022/2023 year

Please note that Session 1 and Session 2 cover identical content. CPD and Risk Management Points are only available for a single session. If you attend both, you are only eligible for points for one session. 

This seminar is also being delivered via webinar.

This session will introduce practitioners to a generic template Client engagement (‘retainer’) agreement created to assist practitioners to manage the client engagement process and meet their statutory obligations under Uniform Law.  This seminar will focus on the client engagement process addressing:

1. Client identification, client capacity and securing a valid retainer;
2. The client’s objective, the scope of the retainer and a practitioner’s obligations when accepting instructions;
3. Establishing the lines of communication;
4. Discharging the practitioner’s costs disclosure obligations.

Level: General