consulting & Locum services
We focus our expertise in Family Law and by focusing on this area of specialisation, we have proven successful outcomes for our clients.
Are you a law firm owner needing assistance? Let us take some of the pressure off you. We understand that it can be stressful outsourcing and letting go of the control of your work. You need and want someone you can trust to do a thorough job.
Our team is run by skilled family lawyers and headed by our Principal Sandra Soden who is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and a former Registrar of the Family Court. Sandra has grown and developed an extremely successful family law firm and understands the needs of your business. We can help you to streamline your processes and improve your profitability. We teach you how to work smarter not harder. We exercise discretion and you can confidently engage us to assist you on a confidential basis.
We ensure that your clients are looked after as though they were our own. We produce quality work and have a high standard when it comes to drafting and advocacy.
We are Accredited Specialists in Family Law and we only offer these services for family lawyers so you can be confident that you are in good hands.
We offer locum and support services in the following areas:
Legal Drafting
When business gets busy, but you don’t want to hire a fulltime staff member, or you are having trouble hiring, we can help you with overflow work. We specialise in family law and can assist with the preparation of properly drafted Consent Orders, Agreements, Affidavits, Case Outlines, letters and other Court documents for a competitive price.
Court Appearances/Agency work
Our family lawyers can appear on your behalf in the Federal Circuit & Family Court of Australia for mentions, dispute resolution conferences and final hearings.
Practice Management, business support
Do you require advice and support in relation to running your legal practice? Are your debtors out of control? Our Practice Management Team can provide advice and support to help you work out the best solution to effectively run your practice. We can provide support with policies, procedures, bad debtors, staff billing practices, cashflow and technology solutions. We help you work smarter not harder.
Family Law Specialist Consulting
We understand that as a sole practitioner, it can be easy to second guess your advice and want a confidential second opinion. Our team can provide specialised consulting to assist you with advice in relation to complex family law matters. Run your case by us and we can help you. If you are short on time and need a formal advice prepared which includes detailed review and research of case law and legislation we can also do this for you.
Staff Training
Have you hired new staff but short on time to train them? We can assist with training support staff in the general aspects needed to act in family law matters. Our training covers areas including but not limited to:
- Time entries.
- Taking new client enquiries
- Confidentiality, conflict checks, limitations on giving advice.
- Legal drafting
- Trust Accounting
- Preparing a parenting/property case
- Drafting Affidavits & Orders
We offer competitive hourly rates. Get in touch with us for a discussion about how we can assist you.