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Adherence to time limits essential

Apr 17, 2015 – Adherence to time limits - both in relation to commencing proceedings and once proceedings are issued - is one of the most important areas of practice and one where the Courts are interpreting time limits more strictly than before.

Limitation of Actions - Application for extension of time in personal injury matters

Nov 16, 2014 – A recent decision of the Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia has considered the meaning of “material fact” in an application for extension of time in personal injury matters. Section 36 of the Limitation of Actions Act 1936 (SA) (“th

Dont be late - The importance of serving proceedings by limitation dates

Mar 16, 2016 – “Time problems” form a significant portion of the claims and complaints made against legal practitioners – and those problems do not stop once proceedings are issued. Serving proceedings within time is also important.

Time might not be on your side

Nov 17, 2017 – Claims based on missing a time limitation continue to be the single greatest cause of claims against practitioners, in particular with respect to issuing proceedings in motor vehicle accidents matters.

Its about time

Jun 16, 2014 – Set out below are claims and complaints by practice and root cause that have presented at Law Claims in recent times. Claims that arise from a failure to meet critical dates or respond to client deadlines affect all areas of practice. The number a

How not to file a document - lessons in what can go wrong

Jun 1, 2018 – Time limitation problems sometimes arise because practitioners are unaware of relevant time limitations. A good place to start in this regard if the recently updated Limitation Schedule which is available in the Law Society website.

Land Services SA – limited services

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Rushed legislation to limit judicial discretion leads to inevitable injustice

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Riskwatch News - Annual Law Claims Cases and Legislation Update

Apr 30, 2023 – This publication sets out some of the more significant judicial and legislative developments during the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 which may bear upon a South Australian legal practitioner’s potential liability or on damages awards gen

Wondering when to notify that claim

Nov 14, 2015 – The Professional Indemnity Insurance Scheme 2015 requires practitioners to provide Law Claims with written notice of any claim made against them during the policy period.

Copy of A Question of Ethics - Breach of Section 53(1) - Combined Trust Account - Imposition of int

Oct 16, 2012 – In an Audit Report for the period ended June 2011, the auditor notes that a practitioner had failed to make a required deposit to the Combined Trust Account (CTA) for the CTA period ended May 2011 and that no Notice of Withholding was provided to the

Electronic Conveyancing System

Aug 29, 2019 – The term ‘electronic conveyancing’ refers to a conveyancing transaction where practitioners have elected to settle electronically through the electronic platform provided by Property Exchange Australia Limited (PEXA).

Loose lips sink ships - A reminder about keeping conversations confidential

Dec 1, 2019 – The UK Court of Appeal has just ruled on another interesting case concerning legal professional privilege. In Curless v Shell International Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 1710 Mr Curless had been employed as an inhouse lawyer at Shell since 1990.

Legal Practice and Technology – A Dinosaur’s concerns

Apr 1, 2017 – I recall that when I first commenced practice – sometime in the late Jurassic period – fax machines were new and exciting. Those early fax machines printed out their messages on shiny thermal paper – usually on long rolls. It didn’t take long for fi

South Australian Legal Practitioners’ Conduct Rules

Apr 24, 2024 – The Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules were adopted by the Council of the Law Society of South Australia on 25 July 2011 and were the culmination of work undertaken over a period of two years by the Law Council of Australia and its constituent bodi

De facto property proceedings and Binding Financial Agreements

Jun 14, 2010 – All practitioners practicing in Family Law should be aware of the time limits arising from the Domestic Partners Property Acti and the strict requirements of Binding Financial Agreements made pursuant to the Family Law Act. ii Those claims can be ea

Providing an essential service during a pandemic

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The facts about SAs Abortion Bill

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Volunteer Firefighters

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The new Uniform Civil Court Rules explained

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Practice Management Directory

Nov 14, 2019 – Links and resources for commencing and managing your practice

Points of Law

Dec 15, 2021 – Points of Law is the Law Society President's regular column in the Advertiser Newspaper.

Submissions

Sep 24, 2015 – View all Law Society Submissions. To represent the interests of members and the wider community, the Law Society actively seeks to influence policy and legislation through submissions to government, opposition parties, the courts and other bodies eit

Extension of COVID-19 regulations re commercial & residential tenancies

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Is it worth suing for unpaid fees?

May 15, 2017 – An often nearly foolproof way to be sued for professional negligence is to sue a client (particularly a disgruntled one) for unpaid fees. Claims in negligence arising from actions by practitioners in pursuit of their fees are a common source of no

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