This practical session will focus on four areas that are essential for consistently producing the highest quality correspondence: Structure – …

The size of in-house legal departments across Australia and around the rest of the world continues to grow unabated. But …

Practitioners, students and researchers rely on online sources for most legal research. It may be a surprise that extensive, reliable …

Practical drafting and tax issues involved in family and business trusts addressing: best practices in drafting trust deeds and common …

This eLearning course looks at the cost components, structure, risks and implementation methods of offering fixed price legal services. It …

This course will discuss not only problems that may arise in Will drafting but also provide tips and provisions that should be …

Family lawyers are frequently advising on cases involving allegations of family and domestic violence against clients. This seminar examines how …

This eLearning course looks at process improvement in legal practice management and the approaches, methods and tools to increase productivity …

This seminar looks at recent and important High Court commercial law cases. It will do so in seven sections. This …

This seminar looks at what modern dispute finance is and its application to the types of disputes likely to be …

This session presents a way of approaching underlying causes of professional liability claims and will help inform risk management priorities, …

It’s not rocket science, and yet it happens, a lot, even to our own friends and colleagues This engaging, highly …

In 2016 the High Court of Australia, in the decision of Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Limited [2016] HCA …

The use of caveats may raise professional ethics issues as well as legal issues. A recent decision by the State …

Reforms to the Strata Titles Act 1985 are taking shape with Landgate aiming to introduce the Strata Titles Amendment Bill …

The Legal Profession Complaints Committee sees a number of complaints arising from misleading conduct by lawyers towards clients, the court, …

The Australian Tax Office and ASIC have wide information gathering powers, including the power to search a law office as …

There is a crisis of culture, or “culture shocks” occurring in various industries, including financial services, retail and start-ups. This …

Drafting settlement offers and deeds can be deceptively complicated with traps for even the most experienced practitioners. Settlement deeds are …

Digital Marketing is an essential consideration when trying to establish a new business or grow an existing one. From the …

Lawyers typically make a multitude of decisions daily that affect themselves and others, and when unconscious biases are in play, …

With an increasing volume of legislation imposing personal liability on company directors, a fast pace of regulatory reform, a rise …

Do you know enough about your obligations regarding trust accounts pursuant to the Legal Profession Act 2008 (LPA) (Part 9 …

What is the difference between witness preparation and witness coaching? Legal Profession Conduct Rule 39 concerns how practitioners discuss a …

This seminar is a must for lawyers who practice in the area of tort or contract, or those with an …

In this interesting insight into how lawyers communicate in 2015, Philippa Rezos, a Senior Legal officer at the LPCC, covers …

This seminar is a must for practitioners who deal with contentious probate matters for its detailed discussion of the shifting …

This seminar is a must for criminal law practitioners, both junior and experienced. Complete this seminar to gain a sound …

This informative and practical seminar covers in detail what the work involved in signing Lawyers Advice Certificates. The seminar discusses …

Ethical duties are obligations embodying norms of conduct and behaviour binding all within a profession. This seminar will look at …

This practical seminar covers three main areas in costs – how and why to reach a fee agreement, conducting a …

This seminar contains a detailed analysis of billing by fixed fees, rather than time based billing. Presented by one of …

This seminar is a must for all practitioners with an interest in how their practice is structured. Complete this seminar …

Freezing and search orders – formerly known as Mareva and Anton Piller orders respectively – have been described as the …

Sole practitioners and small firms attending will gain valuable insight and learn some easy strategies to save time and money …

John Raftos and Maryam Omari provide a detailed discussion of bullying in the workplace and is essential viewing for lawyers …

What is the line between a forceful demand and misconduct? A well crafted demand setting out the facts on which …

One of the most important and exacting documents a lawyer can be called upon to draft is a will. Susan …