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New training course on professional conduct and ethics in immigration advice

We’ve published a new practical skills course for Free Movement members on professional conduct and ethics in immigration advice. The topic is particularly important for immigration lawyers, who often represent vulnerable clients and are expected to conform to a high level of professional standards.

We take a look at the different codes of conduct for the professional bodies regulating legal practice in the UK, including the General Council of the Bar, the Law Society of England and Wales, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, the Faculty of Advocates, the Law Society of Scotland, the General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland, and the Law Society of Northern Ireland. As our course author says, each code contains different wording but similar themes. The course is replete with examples to help demonstrate the ethical problems an advisor might encounter in the provision of immigration advice, and how to deal with them.

The course is only available to paying members of Free Movement. If you are not already a member, you can join here and access not just this course but all of our courses. Membership starts from £24 per month and you can cancel at any time.

Module 1Introduction to professional conduct and ethics
Unit 1General overview of sources 
Unit 2Different wording, but consistent themes 
Module 2Duty not to mislead
Unit 1Duties to Home Office and Tribunal 
Unit 2Common examples 
Module 3Duty of confidentiality
Unit 1Duty to your client 
Unit 2Who is your client? 
Unit 3Duty of disclosure v duty of confidentiality 
Unit 4Common examples 
Module 4Conflicts of interest
Unit 1Introduction to conflicts of interest 
Unit 2Conflict with you or your firm 
Unit 3Conflict with other clients 
Unit 4Common examples 
Module 5Other conduct issues
Unit 1Introduction 
Unit 2Duty of candour 
Unit 3Discrimination 
Unit 4Further reading and resources 
Unit 5Final quiz 
Unit 6Feedback form 
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Colin Yeo

Immigration and asylum barrister, blogger, writer and consultant at Garden Court Chambers in London and founder of the Free Movement immigration law website.

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