Our Story
Smokeball was founded by Australian technology leaders with nearly 25 years of experience in delivering impactful legal technology products. We continually strive to develop a company, culture, and team that share a profound love for the law and are compelled to help small law firms and conveyancers find success. We’re dedicated to creating the best legal software, to help our users stay more organised, productive and profitable than ever better.
You may recognise the name Smokeball from a time when we were associated with automated legal forms. Today Smokeball has come a long way, taking years of content expertise and industry knowledge to create innovative, focused conveyancing and legal software.
Our Head Office is in Sydney, with staff also based in Melbourne and Brisbane. In 2013 we expanded into the USA, with an office in Chicago.
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You may recognise the name Smokeball from a time when we were associated with automated legal forms. Today Smokeball has come a long way, taking years of content expertise and industry knowledge to create innovative, focused conveyancing and legal software.
Our Head Office is in Sydney, with staff also based in Melbourne and Brisbane. In 2013 we expanded into the USA, with an office in Chicago.
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Join our team
Our purpose
To help small law firms and conveyancers be successful businesses so that they can better serve our communities.
Brand promise
The most successful small law firms and conveyancing businesses use Smokeball to run their business.
Our Core Values
Our six core values drive everything we do, from communicating with our clients and each other, developing our software, recruiting and staff recognition. Learn more about our culture.
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Our partnerships
- InfoTrack – integrated searching partner.
- AIC National – Sponsor of the AIC National Conference 2020.
- AIC NSW – Business Partner and sponsor of the AIC NSW State Conference 2020.
- AIC SA – Business Partner 2020.
- AIC VIC – Business Partner 2020.
- Law Institute of Victoria - Sponsor of the LIV Property Law Intensive 2020.
- Law Society of New South Wales - Sponsor of the Property Update: One day with Tony Cahill.
- Queensland Law Society - Sponsor of the QLS Symposium 2020.
- BooksOnsite - Smokeball Bookkeeping and Trust Account specialist.
What's in a name?
If it’s familiar but you can’t quite place it, the name is derived from the famous case of
Carlill v. Carbolic SmokeBall Company [1893] 1 QB 256.
The defendants, who were proprietors of a medical preparation called “The Carbolic Smokeball,” issued an advertisement in which they offered to pay £100 to any person who succumbed to influenza after having used one of their smokeballs in a specified manner and for a specified period. They added that they had deposited a sum of £1,000 with their bankers “to show their sincerity.” The plaintiff, on the faith of the advertisement, bought and used the ball as prescribed, but caught influenza. She successfully sued for the £100.
Carlill v. Carbolic SmokeBall Company [1893] 1 QB 256.
The defendants, who were proprietors of a medical preparation called “The Carbolic Smokeball,” issued an advertisement in which they offered to pay £100 to any person who succumbed to influenza after having used one of their smokeballs in a specified manner and for a specified period. They added that they had deposited a sum of £1,000 with their bankers “to show their sincerity.” The plaintiff, on the faith of the advertisement, bought and used the ball as prescribed, but caught influenza. She successfully sued for the £100.
