Without Prejudice (“WP”) is a periodic newsletter which was first published by the OLSC in August 1996. WP aims to keep the community and practitioners up to date with changes to the legislation as well as covering topical issues.

If you would like to obtain a copy of Issue No’s 1 to 24, please contact us on (02) 9377 1800.



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Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 56	October 2011	PDF	Conference of Regulatory Officers
			Papers/Seminars

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 55	June 2011	PDF	Ethical Obligations of Legal Practitiioners
		Web	Around the Globe
			Law Week 2011 - PILCH Walk for Justice
			Recent Papers/Articles/Seminars

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 54	April 2011	PDF	Liens
		Web	Around the Globe
			ISO Recertification
			Recent Papers/Articles/Seminars

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 53	February 2011	PDF	New Technologies - Social Networking Sites
		Web	Question - To what extent must a legal practitioner in NSW keep paper copies of electronic documents or can they be merely in electronic format? Are there any guidelines?
			2009-2010 OLSC Annual Report
			Recent Papers/Articles/Seminars

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 52	October 2010	PDF	Solicitor's Undertakings
		Web	The Legal Practice Management and Audit System (LPMAS)
			Recent Papers/Articles/Seminars

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 51	August 2010	PDF	Practising in a Virtual World
		Web	Attendance at the American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco
			Visit to the OLSC by staff from the Solicitor's Regulation Authority, United Kingdom
			The National Legal Reform Project
			Recent Papers/Articles/Seminars

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 50	June 2010	PDF	Regulation for Professionalism
		Web	Discussions with Legal Regulators in the United Kingdom
			ISO Re-Certification
			Distinguished Visiting Mentor Discussion Forum on "Ethics, Psychology & Lawyers" at the Australian National University
			Recent Papers/Articles/Seminars

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 49	April 2010	PDF	Innovative Billing
		Web	Obligation to provide clients with an itemised bill
			Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Leon Nikolaidis [2010] NSWCA 73
			Hagipantelis & Legal Services Commissioner of NSW [2010] NSWCA 79
			Recent Papers/Articles/Seminars

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 48	February 2010	PDF	Outcomes-Based Regulation
		Web	Recent Papers/Articles

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 47	October 2009	PDF	The Concept of Proportionality & the Cost of Justice
		Web	ISO re-certification
			Recent Papers/Articles
			2009 Conference of Regulatory Officers (CORO)
			Inquiry Line Survey Results

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 46	August 2009	PDF	Complaints against law firms
		Web	Money Laundering - Australian Institute of Criminology Roundtable Discussion
			Incorporated Legal Practices and Multidisciplinary Practices - State of Play
			Symposium on Globalisation and the Regulation of the Legal Profession - Chicago, IL
			Staff Training

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 45	April 2009	PDF	Pro Bono Publico - What Do We Really Mean?
			File Transfers - Professional Courtesy
			Conference of Regulatory Officers (CORO)
			Recent Papers/Articles - "Billing Complaints - Are you overcharging?" and "The Office of the Legal Services Commissioner - Consumer Protection"

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 44	February 2009	PDF	Ethical conflicts and in-house counsel
		Web	OLSC Web/On-line surveys
			Recent Papers - Legal Education and the 21st Century Law Graduate

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 43	October 2008	PDF	Emotional Intelligence Training for Legal Practitioners
		Web	Money Laundering - An Update
			Recent Papers - Third International Legal Ethics Conference and 2nd Australian Academy of Law Symposium

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 42	August 2008	PDF	Legal Services Commissioner v Keddie [2008] NSW ADT 185
		Web	Legal Services Commissioner v Diane Ivy McKern [2008] NSWADT
			2008 Conference of Regulatory Officers (CORO)
			Incorporated Legal Practices Research Study - The Self-Assessment Process is a Success

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 41	June 2008	PDF	LSC v Maurice John McCarthy ADT No 082002 The Gravity of a solicitor's undertaking and the importance of timely communication
			Litigation Funding
			OLSC Annual Report 2006-2007 - Now Available

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 40	April 2008	PDF	Legal Services Commissioner v Siew Yin Woo - Breach of Section 660 Notice
			Symposium on the Future of the Global Law Firm - Georgetown University
			National Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Guidelines
			2008 OLSC Customer Satisfaction Survey - The Inquiry Line

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 39	February 2008	PDF	Conference of Regulatory Officers (CORO)
			The Legal Services Act 2007 (United Kingdom) Sweeping New Reforms
			New structures for legal practices
			We have moved!
			The dangers of email

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 38	October 2007	PDF	LSC v Malouf [2007] NSW ADT 215
		Web	Responsibilities of solicitors acting as executors - costs disclosure
			ARC research grant - Ethics and large law firms
			Anti-money laundering revisited - The tranche two reforms

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 37	August 2007	PDF	Impaired Practitioners; substance abuse and mental illness in the legal profession
		Web	Current services available to NSW practitioners
			July Statistics
			Leon Nikolaidis v Legal Services Commissioner [2007] NSWCA 130

Issue	Year	Version	Contents
Issue 36	June 2007	PDF	Disciplining 'Frequent Fliers'
		Web	Slater & Gordon list on the ASX
			Civility continued (February 2007)
			The OLSC is moving premises
			OLSC statistics - May madness

Issue 35	April 2007	PDF	Incorporated legal practices portal project: technology at the OLSC
		Web	Money laundering

Issue 34	February 2007	PDF	Civility and Professionalism - Standards of courtesy
		Web	Internal training - the benefits of staff training
			National continuing professional development guidelines

Issue 33	May 2005	PDF	Commissioner's comments
		Web	Substance abuse
			When files freeze
			Common complaints made to the OLSC
			Coming up

Issue 32	August 2004	PDF	Commissioner's comments
		Web	Value billing
			Law Week address on value billing
			New advertising regulations: update
			Failure to provide information can have serious consequences
			Legal Fees Review

Issue 31	February 2004	PDF	Commissioner's comments
		Web	Self assessment and audits for incorporated legal practices
			Fees for responding to complaints: Not on
			Conflict of Interests Working Party: Progress Report
			Working with practitioners and complainants with disabilities
			Find a solution: The best way to deal with complaints

Issue 30	December 2003	PDF	Regulation: an international issue
		Web	Complaints about communication and costs remain high
			Conflict of interests: a central issue for current legal practice
			Confusion about trust fund procedures

Issue 29	June 2003	PDF	Taking undertakings seriously
		Web	OLSC out and about
			Confict of interest examined
			When an investigation is over

Issue 28	April 2003	PDF	Complaint handling improves over last two years
		Web	Communication can avoid surprises
			Undertstanding victims compensation processes
			Reprimands increasingly issued by the Commissioner
			Navigating the debt collection minefield

Issue 27	February 2003	PDF	Update on incorporated practices
			Recommendations for change to solicitor consent reprimands
			OLSC argues for open UPC hearings at the ADT
			Portable practising certificates
			Complaints practitioners never see

Issue 26	November 2002	PDF	Approaches to value-based costing
		Web	Communication advice for consumers
			Understanding liens
			Information v knowledge
			Tribunal disciplines fundamental failure

Issue 25	September 2002	PDF	New register of disciplinary orders
		Web	Information exchange protocols
			Auditing of incorporated legal practices
			Changes in civil liability legislation