By Lawyers is an online publishing company providing everyday support to all those engaged in legal practice with commentary, precedents, and matter plans.
By Lawyers was born out of the desire to make the practice of law easier, safer, and more profitable for small law firms. We are now a leading publisher of practical legal guides, written by lawyers, for lawyers.
There are many publications about the law, but many of them are written by academics with little practical day-to-day application. By Lawyers publications are written to assist lawyers with their day-to-day practice by guiding them through matters from the start to the finish.
Every piece of By Lawyers content is written or reviewed by a solicitor or barrister with experience in that area of law.
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Each publication lists the available matter plans, which include precedents, forms, and commentary.
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By Lawyers publications are made up of three components:
Commentaries
The commentaries provide all your research needs at your fingertips within the matter itself, giving fast, precise, and practical answers including links to relevant legislation and case law.
Matter plans
The matter plans organise precedents and commentaries into a logical start-to-finish progression that guides legal professionals through complex matters as efficiently as possible.
Precedents
A comprehensive library of precedents that includes all the everyday letters, detailed precedents from retainer instructions and costs agreement to file closing, and all the necessary forms relevant to the matter type.
Monthly subscriptions are subject to a minimum 3-month subscription period.
After the minimum period, the subscription continues at the applicable monthly rate until cancelled by the subscriber. Further details of the billing process are available in our Terms of Service.
No, a precedent cannot be purchased individually as it belongs to a particular publication.
Our publications consist of matter plans, commentaries, precedents and forms, and relevant reference materials. We offer these publications on a subscription basis, with all content kept up to date with current law and practice. To access a specific precedent, you will need to subscribe to the publication in which it is published.
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Please note monthly subscriptions are subject to a minimum 3-month subscription period. Cancellations within this period will proceed after the period has been completed.
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Refunds are not issued for payments made in relation to any By Lawyers subscriptions. If a subscription is cancelled, access to the publication will continue until the end of the subscription period and no refund will be made.
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If you wish to cancel a By Lawyers subscription:
1. Sign in to the website;
2. Click on My Library
Go to the relevant publication and select Cancel Subscription.
Your subscription will be cancelled at the end of the current minimum period.
Please note monthly subscriptions are subject to a minimum 3-month subscription period. Cancellations within this period will proceed after the period has been completed.
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