NCA Professional Responsibility case studies
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The NCA Professional Responsibility examination is one of the challenge examinations administered through the National Committee on Accreditation process, which the Federation of Law Societies of Canada describes as its work of "Certifying Body of Internationally Educated Lawyers and Law Graduates." The credential is aimed at internationally educated lawyers and law graduates who must demonstrate competence in subjects Canadian law societies expect of entrants to the profession before they can be called. The subject matter is professional responsibility: the duties a lawyer owes to clients, the courts, the public and the profession, drawing on the model standards the Federation develops for harmonized regulation, including its Model Code of Professional Conduct. The NCA Professional Responsibility case studies are 5 cases and about 1,938 words.
1The Overlapping Engagement
You are a licensed customs broker. A long-standing client, Meridian Imports, asks you to file entry summaries for three ocean shipments of consumer electronics arriving next week.
446 words, about 2 min2The Unsigned Power of Attorney
A new client, Corvus Logistics, emails you scanned entry documents and asks you to transmit them to the port authority today. The customs power of attorney (POA) form is included but is signed only by a mid-level operations coordinator, not by an officer with authority to bind the company.
422 words, about 2 min3The Referral Fee Arrangement
You run a small customs consulting practice. A freight forwarder, Northwind, refers importer clients to you and proposes a written arrangement: Northwind will pay you a 10% commission on the duties it collects from referred clients, and you will pay Northwind a 5% referral fee on your consulting fees from those clients.
368 words, about 2 min4The Erroneous Post-Summary Correction
You discover that an entry summary you filed eight months ago for a client, Ardent Metals, misclassified a shipment of alloy tubing, understating duties by about $52,000. The error was yours, not the client's.
360 words, about 2 min5The Conflicting Client Instructions
You represent two importers, Lumen Goods and Apex Supply, that both source from the same overseas manufacturer. The manufacturer tells you privately that it will allocate a limited production run to only one of them.
342 words, about 2 min