Client Interviewing & Attendance Notes Flashcards
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In an SQE2 client interview, closing the meeting should include:
Answer: Summarising next steps and confirming the client's instructions
Closing an interview effectively involves summarising what has been agreed, confirming next steps and ensuring the client leaves with a clear understanding of the process ahead.
A prospective client reveals during an initial interview that the matter involves potential money laundering. The solicitor should:
Answer: Conduct customer due diligence (CDD) and consider reporting to the MLRO
Where money laundering is suspected, the solicitor must conduct enhanced CDD and must report to the firm's MLRO under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and Money Laundering Regulations.
A file note differs from a formal attendance note in that a file note:
Answer: Records information from internal communications or document reviews rather than client meetings
File notes capture internal events such as research findings, telephone calls to opponents or document reviews, while attendance notes record meetings with clients.
If a client insists on taking a course of action the solicitor believes is unwise but lawful, the solicitor should:
Answer: Advise fully of the risks, record those advice discussions and follow the client's lawful instructions
A solicitor must respect client autonomy; after giving clear advice about risks, the solicitor must follow lawful instructions, recording the advice given in case of future dispute.
The purpose of paraphrasing during a client interview is to:
Answer: Confirm understanding, demonstrate active listening and allow the client to correct any misunderstanding
Paraphrasing restates what the client has said in the solicitor's own words, checking accuracy, demonstrating engagement and prompting further disclosure.
Legal privilege protects attendance notes from disclosure to third parties when the note was created:
Answer: For the dominant purpose of litigation or providing legal advice
Legal advice privilege protects communications made for the purpose of giving legal advice; litigation privilege additionally covers documents prepared with litigation as the dominant purpose.