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How Smart Tech Enhances Legal Research for Junior Solicitors
Picture this. You are the Principal of a boutique law firm and employ several junior solicitors in their first few years of legal practice. How do you ensure your staff have what they need to grow?
Read moreA Barrister’s Perspective on Smart Legal Research
Representing clients to the best of your ability requires you have access to legal information, fast. In a customer case study, David Kim from Owen Dixon Chambers, Australia, compares free research to the new Westlaw.
Read moreManaging Risk in Electronic Land Transactions
With one mandate deadline for electronic lodgment of land dealings remaining, Thomson Reuters author, lecturer and sole practitioner Greg Stilianou reflects on managing risk when engaging in online property transactions.
Read moreCoronavirus and Travel Insurance Exclusions: Discussing a Pandemic Claims Response Strategy
It is inevitable that claims for travel plans disrupted by the outbreak will soar but how will the current policies and insurers cope with the influx?
Read more‘Aliens’, Indigenous Australians and the Constitution: Examining Love v Commonwealth
On 11 February, the High Court ruled by a 4-3 majority that indigenous Australians cannot be considered ‘aliens’ within the meaning of s 51(xix) of the Constitution.
Read moreBoost CPD Points: Practical Law’s Top Picks from Thomson Reuters’ Webinars
31 March 2020 is a crucial day for the legal profession. It’s the last day of the Continuing Professional Development year in many States and Territories. The Practical Law Team has suggested some top webinar picks to assist your learning.
Read moreGuide to Choosing the Best Legal Research Software for Your Firm
No matter the area of the law you specialise in, without a suitable platform or provider to keep abreast of precedents and court rulings, you may go excessively overtime – billable or not – on legal research admin.
Read moreBarristers, Beware of the ‘Desktop Discounting’ Trap
David Kim is a Barrister at Melbourne-based, Owen Dixon Chambers. It is his view that Barristers commonly apply discounts to their client fees – sometimes unwittingly – when conducting legal research.
Read moreWhat Law Firm Practitioners Really Think About Doing Legal Research [Report]
This report showcases results from a targeted survey of sole to mid-sized law participants based in Australia and New Zealand. Download your copy.
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