By Lawyers publications are written to assist practitioners with their day-to-day practice by guiding them through matters from start to finish.

Every piece of By Lawyers content is written or reviewed by a solicitor or barrister with experience in that area of law. The publications are maintained by an in-house team who keep everything up to date.

For LEAP subscribers who choose By Lawyers as a companion product, the publications integrate with the software, providing ready access to legal guides – practical commentaries, automated precedents and reference materials – within each LEAP matter. The exclusive arrangement between By Lawyers and LEAP means LEAP subscribers enjoy access to the entire suite of By Lawyers publications across all Australian state and federal jurisdictions.

By Lawyers precedents are continuously reviewed and updated by the By Lawyers team in conjunction with the By Lawyers authors to reflect the latest developments in the law, practice and procedure.

Every significant update is posted on the By Lawyers News and Updates site. This valuable free resource helps firms stay up to date.

Each By Lawyers matter plan and commentary has an Alerts section at the top, which highlights any recent important changes to legislation or practice in that area of law. If there are no recent changes ‘Alerts – Nil’ is displayed.

To access By Lawyers guides within LEAP, open a matter and click on the Forms & Precedents button on the Details & Correspondence tab.

Then select the Legal Guides tab which gives access to all the By Lawyers publications including matter plans, commentaries and reference materials. Selecting the Browse tab gives access only to the precedents.

When the Legal Guides tab is opened, the relevant matter plan for the matter type appears. Matter plans set out the usual workflow for matters and are the roadmaps to By Lawyers publications, with relevant materials as and when required, including:

• Commentary, providing practical information about the area of law; and
• Precedents, such as letters and documents, automated with the matter details from LEAP.

Publications for related areas of law can be easily selected from the Related Guides section. For example, if working in a Wills matter, clicking the Related Guides side bar provides instant access to the matter plans for Powers of Attorney, Probate, Letters of Administration and the more detailed reference manual 101 Succession Answers.

All other By Lawyers publications are easily accessed from within the same matter by selecting the Browse More Guides button.

LEAP users have access to over 150 By Lawyers matter plans for most common area of law.

To subscribe to By Lawyers, please contact LEAP.