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.