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Ariel’s voice was literally taken away from her by the evil (or fabulous anti-hero?) sea witch, Ursula. So, whilst we are not employed to be our client’s mouthpiece, being able to listen and understand what it is our client needs is a crucial part of lawyering. I think it’s important to be mindful that justice for our client may look different from what we have in mind. In saying that, it can be easy to silence or ignore a client (particularly vulnerable clients) if we disagree with what they are saying, or using our ‘legal filter’ to understand what’s relevant.
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This can be challenging if you don’t agree with your client, and there are definitely nuances here where you may have to carefully and thoughtfully ensure you are not going outside the ethical bounds of your role. Similarly, we must also ensure we act in our client’s best interests, after all that is one of our several ethical obligations as officers of the Court. Flounder and Scuttle always acted in Ariel’s best interests, to a fault, even when they were unsure or disagreed with Ariel. Our role is to ensure that we provide the best legal advice and that our clients have the necessary information needed to prosecute their case, including understanding the consequences of making certain legal decisions.
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Enabling our client’s right to make decisions that we may not necessarily agree with. I hope this Talanoa will be useful for early career lawyers who are passionate about empowering their clients.ġ. I also had some thoughts about how the movie in some ways reflected interesting points that we can, or already, utilise as lawyers in legal practice but specifically in relation to the right to freedom of expression. It also affirmed for me as the eldest sibling in my own family, how much the youngest sibling gets away with everything. Although I will say that when Sebastian says, “Ariel, listen to me, the human world is a mess”, I felt that in my bones. No, this is not a paid advertisement or endorsement of the movies, I am just a fan! But watching the movie as an adult I had so many thoughts and plot questions, which I won’t go through here. You will definitely be seeing me throw my money at Disney for the live-action version of this film coming out in 2023 starring Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Daveed Diggs and more, with new music by none other than Lin-Manuel Miranda. I recently re-watched the 1989 Disney animated masterpiece, The Little Mermaid, a movie that holds a bit of nostalgia for me from childhood.