By Guy Dawson, CEO
All practices use technology to a lesser or greater extent to run client matters, produce documents, keep accounts, and access information on ever changing law and practice.
In their guides and precedents, By Lawyers have responded to law office needs by providing practitioners with a system for running all common matters encountered in practice. They have brought together all the ingredients needed for the conduct of most matters in matter plans, taking practitioners from file opening to finalisation with all required letters and documents provided in sequential order accompanied by practical guides and research materials.
These guides and precedents are practice based not academic. Accompanying the precedents are the research materials relevant to each matter. If preparing a contract the law relating to such matters as disclosure requirements or GST are a click away. If conducting a family law matter the rules on pre-action procedures are again a click away. The information runs with the precedents. The precedents themselves run sequentially from starting to ending every matter.
Behind the straightforward commentary is further research material in the 101 series. Alternate precedents are found in libraries so for example the terms of a testamentary discretionary trust are found in the wills library of clauses. As the law changes, so the commentaries are updated on a daily basis relieving the practitioner of the need to keep abreast of changes in the law. If a precedent is not provided then users are welcome to contact By Lawyers and discuss their requirements, which will be met. This pro activity is central to our ethos of providing all that is necessary for practices to conduct all common matters.
By the use of this system it makes little sense for any member of staff including the principal to dictate a letter, or make written notes, or write time sheets to be put on the file later, by someone else. Uniform practices are established throughout the office and immediate and substantial increases in production and profits are achieved.
By Lawyers also provides a subscription based mentoring service to assist with answers that arise in general practice in most areas of law.