Resources and information

The lead up to the holiday season is always demanding for practitioners with meeting client and court deadlines and managing an increase in commitments outside of work and end-of-year fatigue. In the last-minute rush to the end of year closedown, important risk management measures can be overlooked. To help avoid unwelcome surprises when coming back to work, we’ve put together our top nine actions to take before you ‘switch off’ for 2023.

Effective practice management doesn’t just take care of itself. It requires constant work. Practice leaders should regularly review the health of their firm, the quality of its work and look for ways to improve. To give practitioners a baseline, LPLC has developed a free online, self-assessment tool to help them take the pulse of their firm.

The preparation of thorough file notes is a core part of prudent legal practice and something practitioners should aim to fine-tune. The importance of a detailed file note cannot be overstated, both as evidence should a negligence claim ever arise, as much as for matter management, continuity and reference.

This article gives an overview of what automation software is, and explains how it can be applied in the context of a law firm.

Looking for some free online learning options while working from home? Here’s a couple you might like to consider.

From midnight Wednesday 5 August 2020, most law firms in the Melbourne metropolitan area will be required to close their office and work remotely in accordance with Stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions. This article outlines the key actions you should take now to ensure commitments are met and any employees effectively supervised during this period.

Sending money overseas is a common action for law practices today and we receive claims when the money is sent in the wrong currency.

A successful firm will grow over time, but claims may arise when systems and processes fail to grow and change with it. Does your firm have a strategy for growth?

When a person loses capacity it is usually a lot simpler to deal with any financial and legal decisions where that person has appointed an attorney via an enduring power of attorney (financial). This is part of the advice often given by practitioners to clients. It is not clear how many practitioners have taken their own advice.

This blog from 2014 covers things to consider while closing a file.

Sending money overseas to a client can be risky. It may expose a practitioner to a claim or even personal liability for money owed by the client to the Federal Government.

2010 saw several notifications where the conversion of Australian dollars into foreign currency before sending it overseas has led to complaints by the recipient.