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22 September 2023 / John Gould
Issue: 8041 / Categories: Features , Profession , Regulatory
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Book review: Hamer’s Professional Conduct Casebook (4th Edition)

"If I were on a desert island and were permitted only one book on professional conduct, this would be it"

Author: Kenneth Hamer

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780192883384

RRP: £225


If I were on a desert island and were permitted only one book on professional conduct, this would be it. It is the ne plus ultra of printed texts detailing the court’s approach to the conduct of professionals. Divided into 91 chapters over 1,342 pages, it covers around 2,500 cases, including more than 350 cases included for the first time. Yet, notwithstanding the weight of material included, it is accessible and well ordered.

Shining a light

The cases included cover the full range of regulated professions. As might be expected, health and social care professionals, lawyers, the police and financial services feature heavily, but there are walk-on parts for everyone from surveyors to members of financial exchanges.

This is a grounded book which presents case after case in which principles are applied to facts and circumstances to illuminate professional standards and the consequences of

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