1 July updates are a big focus for By Lawyers.

The Practice Management publication is undergoing a makeover to ensure it complies with best practice and SRA regulations. Read more...

From 1 July 2019 the Retirement Villages Amendment Act 2018 amends the legislation relating to retirement villages in NSW.

By Lawyers Leases guide in Victoria now includes a summary precedent for the By Lawyers Retail Lease.

The By Lawyers Bankruptcy and Liquidation guides have been updated with the inclusion of four Insolvency To do lists.

In a continuation of the transition to E-conveyancing version 5 of the Conveyancing Rules replace version 4 from 1 July 2019.

Following user feedback, a new letter has been added to the Divorce publication providing advice on judicial separation as an alternative to divorce or dissolution.

A new article ‘Improving Written Submissions’ by Judge Alan Troy of the District Court of Western Australia has been added to the Reference

Following review, a number of precedents were improved to ensure a better user experience. These include: Initial call record, Police station attendance record, Attendance notes and Letters to the client after attending at the police station.

Vendors face new restrictions when seeking to activate sunset clauses to end off the plan contracts in Victoria.

Two helpful new precedents have been added to the By Lawyers Practice Management guide

Traffic offence penalties in NSW have changed. The By Lawyers Traffic Offences - Local Court NSW Guide has been updated

Subpoenas and the considerations for setting them aside were considered recently in Walters v Perton [2019] VSC 356.

Interim guidance has been issued to enable an extension of the statutory 26-week deadline in guardianship proceedings. The guidance has been issued by the Family Justice Council and approved by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane. Read more...

The Land Registry hopes to release its digital mortgage service in public beta this year. In a recent news update, the Registry’s digital services manager Eddie Davies said that ‘the department is continuing to work with Coventry and Enact on the next phases of the service as well as also working with lenders to get their mortgage deeds approved and templates created. So far, the Registry has approved several deeds from lenders in the remortgage market including Nationwide, HSBC, RBS, NatWest and Santander. ‘Since opening the service to more lenders and conveyancers we have seen an increase in the number of digital mortgages registered showing an appetite in the market to use new technology. Some lenders have started offering online mortgage applications and our service helps to bring the industry one step closer to an end-to-end digital process.’