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By Lawyers for Lawyers
By Lawyers for Lawyers is a collective group of practising lawyers, barristers and conveyancers who are keen to see the practice of law become a little easier.
By Lawyers for Lawyers provide access to practical step by step guides and precedents for completing a matter. The guides contain pertinent legal commentary; easy to use instruction sheets; links to relevant legal databases and appropriately drafted documents, clauses, provision and libraries of precedents.
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Chris Wall – Walker Gibbs & King P/L
Chris has held continuous appointment as a cost assessor of the Supreme Court since 1994 and since 2002 as a review panellist under the Costs Assessment Scheme. The publications provide an overview from a cost assessors perspective of the do’s and don’ts of cost assessment and what applicants should do in seeking a review of a cost assessors decisions.
Garry Barnsley
Garry Barnsley is a practitioner and legal author of the books Letters for Lawyers - Conveyancing (2000) and Letters for Lawyers - Powers of Attorney (2004).
Lexicon: legal
Erica Brooke Taylor is currently the Principal of lexicon:legal, a boutique legal practice specialising in professional development, advice, consultancy, development of workflow procedures, and legal training for non-legal staff.
Robbins Watson
Christine Smyth is an Accredited Specialist in Succession Law and is Special Counsel for Robbins Watson Solicitors where she manages the Inheritance Law Division.
DBA Butler
Daniel Butler has worked predominantly in the fields of superannuation, taxation and succession planning over the past 22 years. Daniel is also a regular seminar presenter on superannuation, taxation and succession planning topics and has published various articles in these fields.
Iain Hogg
Iain has been admitted to practice as a Solicitor in Australia, England & Wales as well as South Africa and holds a current practicing certificate for the UK and Australia.
Neil Lyon
Admitted in March 1972 as a solicitor in New South Wales, Neil has a wealth of knowledge and experience with Conveyancing and Deceased Estate matters.
Russell Cocks
Michael Smith is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in Insurance Litigiation, and is Special Counsel for HopgoodGanim Lawyers, a corporate and commercial legal services practice, within their Litigation and Dispute Resolution group.
Armstrong Legal

Armstrong Legal has been serving clients from its York Street premises, Sydney for over 25 years.
Partners Lionel Rattenbury and Peter Magee purchased the practice in 2002, which has since grown
very rapidly, boasting three accredited specialists in Criminal Law and Family Law. Their motto is “Service with excellence”.
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| Criminal Law Precedent Letters and Forms |
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Imelda Argel
Imelda Argel has been practising as a solicitor since 1971 and is a registered migration agent. Imelda stays abreast of the ever changing migration legislation and has managed to maintain an astounding 90% success rate for Australian visa applications and MRT appeals. She has been an approved Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA) evaluator of Continuing Professional Development and speaks and writes regularly on migration topics in Australia and overseas for legal practice and community service.
Craig Swan
When a client is considering whether to apply for a Reverse Mortgage, you owe it to them to provide a thoroughly well researched, cautious and well informed advice.
Reverse Mortgages are not complicated products - but they can have consequences for your client that need to be highlighted, understood and explored.
This guide aims to present you with information that will assist you to provide useful advice that will suit your clients particular circumstances.
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| Guide to Reverse Mortgages |
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Paul Moorhouse and Gerard Boyce
Written by two barristers who practice in the area, the Employment Law Guide provides commentary on all aspects of individual employment law, including detailed commentary on relevant parts of the new federal employment laws.
Practice Builders Pty Ltd
Steve Burke and Charles Biscoe have been working in the legal industry for more than 20 years. They have both managed a number of firms on a full time basis and they understand what differentiates successful firms.
Yaakov Gorr
Yaakov Gorr is currently a consultant legal researcher, specialising in creating continuing professional development materials and in-house briefings on recent legal developments. He was recently awarded a Ph.D for his thesis on practical business and financial literacy programs in the third world.
Kathryn-Magnolia Feeley
Kathryn-Magnolia Feeley is a practicing Solicitor and Barrister in ACT. She was admitted to the bar in 1994 after careers in archaeology, education and business.
Dickson, McLeod & Hayward
Judy Hayward is the principal of Hayward & Co. Lawyers, Wills & Estates Australia. She is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Succession Law Specialist and practices exclusively in the area of Wills, Estate Administration, Estate Planning and Estate Litigation.
Glenn Dickson commenced practice as a Barrister in February 2010. He was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1983 and was a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist - Succession Law from 2001 to 2009.
Sue McLeod commenced practice as a Barrister in September 2009. She was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1993 and was a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist - Succession Law from 2005 to the present.
Peter Szabo and Stephen Winspear