Aug 31, 2021
A healthy quantum of competition can be useful for lawyers, both
in challenging themselves and achieving optimal outcomes for
clients. However, competitive streaks can often cross the line,
venturing into abuse against those across the table.
On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy
is joined by Kalpaxis Legal director and principal Cassandra
Kalpaxis and Barton Family Lawyers principal Courtney Barton to
discuss the prevalence of overly competitive and adversarial
approaches among litigators (which have been amplified since the
onset of COVID-19), and why some lawyers might engage in such
behaviour.
The trio also talk about the role of leaders in modelling the right
behaviours for their staff and those coming through the ranks, the
need for more collaborative practice and balancing it against one’s
duty to win for their clients, and how such approaches can and will
work in the post-pandemic new normal.
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