ByLawyers News and Updates

Author review – Conveyancing – Sale and Purchase – SA

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The By Lawyers Conveyancing SA Guide has been reviewed and updated to ensure that the commentaries and precedents are in line with current law and conveyancing practice, including electronic conveyancing.

The extensive review was performed by our author Jess Caire. As with all our authors, Jess takes a practical approach, drawing on her considerable experience to cover all aspects of procedure, with a focus on practical tips that will help solicitors and conveyancers confidently run a sale or purchase matter to completion. The sale and purchase matter plans cater for both ‘sale by agent’ and ‘private sale’ engagements.

We invite you to explore this updated publication and to consider the wealth of assistance the guide offers for solicitors and conveyancers acting in the sale and purchase of residential property in South Australia.

TAS – Probate Rules 2017 – Changes to practice and procedure

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New Probate Rules 2017 have commenced:

–           Circular No 14 of 2017 Probate Practice and Procedure includes transition periods, 2017 forms, changes to practice and procedure;

–           Probate Rules 2017 – Fact Sheet – Supreme Court of Tasmania outlines new rules and forms – available on our matter plan.

Our author will review the publication following a period of implementation.

Research management

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By Guy Dawson, CEO

A general practitioner rarely requires an in-depth consideration of a matter of law but rather needs to access the law, practice and procedure relevant to a transaction in hand.

For a specialist, these are well understood but for the general practitioner, who may only conduct such a matter occasionally, ready access is a necessity.

This challenge was met by the development of the By Lawyers system of integrating research commentary where needed amongst the precedents with outgoing links to legislation and case law. Behind the straightforward commentary is further research material so for example in real property sale and purchase there is 1001 Conveyancing Answers

The other highly recommended research management initiative is to nominate, at a team meeting, an area of law for a member of staff to take as their area of expertise. This generates a team involvement and an education interest in every staff member. So for instance if a will interpretation question arises the nominated will expert staff member does the research and reports back at a team meeting. Very good for overall morale and individual satisfaction.

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