On lawyers, ethics, and integrity

I have been reading some of Richard Moorhead’s new book, arising mainly from the UK’s Post Office scandal, “Frail Professionalism? Lawyers’ Ethics after the Post Office and Other Cases”. It is open access, and available as a PDF (linked above), with html available too; I have not found, nor made, an ePub. I focussed on chapter 8, “Routes Back to Proper Professionalism”, to see the author’s recommendations. Mainly, I was reading this through the lens of “what can I, personally, do better”. For anyone reading this who does not know me, it might be worth noting here that my work is predominantly Internet and telecoms law (with a side helping of data protection). My work is fundamentally commercial in nature, whether it is advisory (as a lot of it is) or transactional. Day to day, a lot of it is simply “solving problems”. I don’t litigate or go to court. I don’t prosecute people. I do not get involved in employment disputes. For me, a key part of my toolkit for solving problems entails…