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By Lawyers is an online publishing company providing everyday support to all those engaged in legal practice with practical Legal Commentary, Precedents, and Matter Plans. By Lawyers publish legal publications in Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.

By Lawyers exists because of our desire to make the practice of law safer, more profitable, and more consistent. We help legal professionals enjoy practice more.

There are many publications about the law, however, most are written by academics with little practical day-to-day application. Every piece of By Lawyers content is written or reviewed by a solicitor or barrister with practical experience in that area of law. By Lawyers is practical and always up to date.

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By Lawyers publications are made up of three components:

1. Matter Plans

   By Lawyers Matter Plans are an organisation system that arranges precedents and commentaries into a logical order from start to finish. They act as roadmaps, detailing every step and consideration of the matter in sequential order. By Lawyers Matter Plans have proved to be a valuable tool assisting firms to increase productivity, minimise risk, and make practice easier and more enjoyable.
   

2. Commentaries

   Commentaries provide all your research needs at your fingertips within the matter itself, giving fast, precise, and practical answers including links to relevant legislation and case law.

   A Commentary is a detailed, practical explanation of how to effectively conduct a matter in a particular area of law. They are written by experienced practitioners – solicitors, barristers, and licensed conveyancers – fully conversant with how to properly conduct a client matter.

   All Commentaries are regularly updated to reflect developments in practice, legislation, and case law.

   There is a link to the Full Commentary at the top of the Matter Plan in each By Lawyers Guide. There are also links throughout the Matter Plan to each relevant Commentary section for each stage of the matter.
   

3. Precedents

   A comprehensive library of Precedents that includes all the everyday letters, detailed precedents from retainer instructions and costs agreement to file closing, and all the necessary forms relevant to the matter type. 

   By Lawyers library of Precedents contain everything needed to complete a matter from start to finish. From everyday letters to complex agreements and even libraries of less common Forms and Precedents for those occasions when the matter requires something beyond the usual steps.

All By Lawyers matter plans, commentary, precedents, and reference materials are written or reviewed by a practitioner with experience in the relevant area of law and the applicable jurisdiction. Our authors and editorial team continually monitor all our publications and keep content up to date to reflect changes in the law and practice. We subscribe to multiple legislation tracking and case reporting services, as well as various journals, which are reviewed and actioned daily. We are constantly adding new precedents and commentary to enrich our publications so you can remain confident that you are working with the latest information.

To see recent publication updates, please visit our News & Updates page which provides a summary of important upcoming changes in the law. Our News & Updates page is the news, legal and publication updates platform for the By Lawyers community. When By Lawyers publications are updated to reflect changes in the law or practice, a post is added to News & Updates

Over 27,000 users around the world use By Lawyers to enjoy practice more.

Everyone in the office can use By Lawyers, from the principal and partners to the conveyancers and the paralegals.

Support staff find the publications useful with principals and partners able to delegate work efficiently. Staff can quickly and easily see what they need to do.

Inexperienced staff find the By Lawyers publications very practical and informative whether they are new to the law, new to the type of matter, or have infrequently managed such a matter.

Administration and accounting staff find the Practice Management publication invaluable, as it contains many support materials from accounting to human resources to a comprehensive staff handbook and more.

Practice management and risk management have never been so easy.

Through an exclusive integration with LEAP, By Lawyers precedents and forms are auto-filled from data in the LEAP matter. No more mistakes due to errors in multiple data entry activities. Client details, law firms, councils, and any other person or organisation need only be entered once and then will autofill forever.

By Lawyers is an online legal publication subscription service for law firms. We cannot assist with private legal matters or advice.