The purpose of By Lawyers precedents is to make the practice of law easier and more enjoyable. This is achieved through:

• Ensuring all precedents are kept current and up-to-date as legislation changes, saving firms from the obligation to spend time maintaining their libraries.

• Providing a comprehensive library covering all matters in common areas of law.

• A commitment to plain language drafting, making the precedents easier for clients to understand.

• Including matter management tools such as Retainer Instructions and To Do Lists that have been refined to ensure matters always run smoothly.

• The By Lawyers support network allows practitioners to provide feedback on the precedents and encourages open communication channels with By Lawyers.

• BEST OF ALL – used with LEAP, By Lawyers precedents auto-populate, saving you a lot of time!

Due to these clever features, law firms that use By Lawyers precedents increase their productivity and can be confident knowing they have all the tools they need to conduct business efficiently.

By Lawyers employs a staff of lawyers to monitor legislative changes daily. Working with the By Lawyers network of authors to draft any required amendments, all precedents are kept up to date all the time.

Through all the clever innovations in By Lawyers publications, this is one of the biggest time savers making precedent creation so much easier. Automation means that when used with LEAP, precedents automatically populate all client and matter details directly into the document. All that needs to be done is to enter the necessary information into the LEAP matter. Once the information is entered into a table, it becomes available to use again in any matter!

Every matter in LEAP has standard tables for that type of matter – so for wills, there are tables for the client, executor, beneficiary, alternate executor, and guardian. There is also the option to add some extra table types not normally associated with that matter type, such as a valuer table or an accountant table. By fully completing the table types for each matter, there is quick and easy reference to that information. The resulting automation of the By Lawyers precedents saves users valuable time.

To take advantage of the LEAP automation functions within the By Lawyers precedents, ensure the data table types in every LEAP matter are completed correctly. When the correct information is entered into the matter, precedent automation ensures there is no room for error when including those details in precedents. Dates, figures, names and addresses will never be wrong.

By Lawyers precedents are not all just letters and agreements. They also include clever matter management tools such as retainer instruction sheets. The retainer instructions in particular are genius in their simplicity, clearly laying out all the prompts necessary to ensure all the relevant information is asked of a client during their initial consultation. The retainers are also an excellent file note of the instructions a client has provided.

Retainers assist practitioners to conduct their matters professionally and efficiently.

With the full suite of By Lawyers precedents at your disposal, practitioners can be confident that the daily operations of their business are being executed with absolute precision and efficiency. No time wasted means no time lost!