Article Index
29 Results: Practice Management
01 October 2018
, by Mohan Sankaran, Legal Risk Counsel, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: delegation, "practice management"
Almost 90% of law firms in Malaysia are small firms of one to five lawyers. It is no surprise that lawyers falling under this category spend the vast majority of their time working. This leaves them with hardly any time for themselves let a...
22 February 2016
, by Shafiq Sobri, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: "Case Study", Communication, "Firm Management", "Practice Management", "Stakeholder Duty"
Lawyers who become stakeholders in conveyancing transactions have a duty to hold the monies or documents deposited to them on behalf of either the vendor or the purchaser until the conclusion of certain transactions.
In Toh Theam Hock v Kemajuan...
17 September 2014
, by Loong Sheng Li, Risk Management Executive, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: "Client Handling", "client management", "email scam", Fraud, "identity fraud", "lawyer client", "Practice Management"
Fraud lies hid in general expressions
The general rule of the internet is to never believe everything you read; however, in the context of fraud on a law firm or lawyer, there are many plausible ways of this occurring. Zooming in...
01 April 2014
, by Tan Sue Vern, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: Checklists, Communication, Conveyancing, Fraud, "Practice Management"
Mortgage fraud is common in many jurisdictions around the world. Escalating prices of property serve as a strong incentive for fraudsters. A “successful” mortgage scam can leave parties with large losses and start disputes as to ...
01 March 2014
, by Tan Sue Vern, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: "Case Study", Communication, "File Management", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
“Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves.”
- Owen Feltham
It only takes a snail to create a landmark case in neglige...
01 March 2014
, by Tan Sue Vern, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: "Case Study", "File Management", "Practice Management"
‘Unsigned’, Sealed and Delivered
FACTS:
The Insured Practice ("IP") IP was on Islamic Finance Bank’s panel of solicitors and was appointed to prepare the security documents for a RM50 million Islamic Structural ...
01 March 2014
, by Tan Sue Vern, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: "Case Study", Communication, "Firm Management", "Practice Management", "Stakeholder Duty"
The Call Of Duty
A stakeholder is one who holds documents, money or any form of property pending the outcome of a future event. For example, in sale and purchase transactions involving land, a stakeholder holds the purchase price monies ...
01 March 2012
Keywords: Communication, "Firm Management", Litigation, "Practice Management", "Time Management"
COMMUNICATION
DO’S
Record everything in black and white. More so telephone conversations where the client verbally instructs you. Before you act on their instruction, have the client sign-off the written instructions,...
01 December 2011
, by Melissa Kraal
Keywords: Accounts, Billing, Finance, "Firm Management", "Office Management", "Practice Management"
Billing
Tracking and billing time to clients is an important and inevitable part of working in a law firm. Now more than ever, billing and collection are processes that practitioners must master if they are to manage their practices effe...
01 September 2011
Keywords: "Closed Files", "File Management", "Firm Management", "Office Management", "Practice Management"
In our previous issue, we discussed file closure in "Case Closed: What Do I Do With the File Now?". We now move on to consider file retention, an important aspect of file management that should go hand in hand with any operating pr...
01 September 2011
, by Martin Goh and Kelvin Wu, JLT Risk Consulting Asia
Keywords: "Firm Management", "Improvement and Processes", "Office Management", "Practice Management"
There is a myriad of books on quality management for various professions including the legal profession. Accordingly, this article does not set out to provide a one-fits-all solution but a highlight the benefits of implementing a Quality Man...
01 June 2011
Keywords: Checklists, "Closed Files", "closing letter", "File Management", "Firm Management", "Office Management", "Practice Management"
Whilst most lawyers do not expect it when they begin their careers; documents (and paperwork) tend to dominate most law firms. In a 2003 survey conducted by the American Bar Association, lawyers reported that one of their greatest disappointmen...
01 June 2011
Keywords: Checklists, "Closed Files", "File Management", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
NO
ITEM
DONE
DATE
VERIFICATION
REMARKS
LAWYER
PARTNER
1
Review file' for any further work to be ...
01 December 2009
, by Selva Veeriah, Advocate Solicitor, Vazeer Akbar Majid & Co
Keywords: "Client Handling", "client management", Conveyancing, "Firm Management", Fraud, "identity fraud", "Practice Management"
What is identity fraud?
Identity fraud is when someone impersonates someone else in order to secure a benefit. Usually, the impostor unlawfully obtains personal identifiable information belonging to an innocent party and uses it to open ba...
01 September 2008
, by Datuk N Chandran
Keywords: "Client Handling", Communication, Conveyancing, "File Management", "Improvement and Processes", "Land Search", "Practice Management", "Stakeholder Duty", Undertaking
This article is a continuation of the previous article, Risk Management & The Practice Of The Law - Litigation.
Some Possible Risks in the Practice of the Law as a Conveyancing Lawyer
A. Duty of Solicitor to Make Searches
It is incumb...
01 September 2008
, by Datuk N Chandran
Keywords: "Court Procedures", "File Management", "Firm Management", "Improvement and Processes", Litigation, "Practice Management"
The Risk Management and the Practice of the Law was first presented by Datuk N Chandran at a Risk Management Seminar in March 2004.
The object of this paper is to address on the sort of risks to which legal practitioners are exposed to and t...
01 June 2008
Keywords: Checklists, "File Management", "Firm Management", "Practice Management", "Succession Planning", "Time Management"
File management takes many forms, and one important area of file management that is often overlooked is file transfers! In any firm that you work in, there are procedures for file opening, file closing, KIV systems etc because files are cons...
01 December 2007
Keywords: Checklists, "Client Handling", "Conflict of Interest", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
A System
Yes
No
1
Does your firm brief staff on the Conflicts Rules in the Bar Council Rulings and Legal Profession (Practice and Etiquette) Rules 1978?
&nbs...
01 December 2007
, by Wong Li Chin and Shyamala Manoharan
Keywords: "Client Handling", Communication, "Conflict of Interest", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
The Scene
New client coming recommended by a fellow lawyer; client is an up and coming Corporation.
The Matter
Potential new client is aggrieved over a matt...
01 September 2007
Keywords: "Client Handling", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
Prepared on behalf of Chubb by Anthony E Davis and David J Elkanich, Partners, Lawyers for the Profession® Practice Group of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.
No two law firms are identical; they differ in an almost infinite numbe...