Customer Stories

Natale is a Practice Director at Frichot Lawyers and leads their management team. He has been directly involved in restructuring the firm, upgrading the information technology systems, relocating its offices in Fremantle to the Manning Buildings, refining financial control and reporting processes and developing strategies that underpin the firm’s plans for further growth.

Most lawyers need time to research to deliver exceptional client outcomes, but smart lawyers use the best technology to help them achieve these outcomes in less time.

Lawyers are passionate about practicing the law, unfortunately processes and procedures absorb a big portion of their day. Thankfully technology enable lawyers do what they do the best – deliver the best results for their clients.

Bradley discovered that by reducing visual clutter and enabling him to get to the heart of the matter faster, Lexis+ helped him to think differently about his argument. “Having that visual clarity stimulates my strategic thinking and my problem solving,” says Bradley. “It puts me onto new lines of thought that I hadn't previously considered, and I wouldn't have explored otherwise.

While David Sigler has extensive experience in technology law, he is often confronted with situations where he is acting for technology companies, but his clients require advice on other aspects of their business. “With LexisNexis resources, I can do about 80 per cent of employment issues that come up with my clients”. David estimates that with LexisNexis, he can conduct research in 20 per cent of the time it would otherwise take.

Marc Jaku had to satisfy two imperatives to exceed his clients’ expectations: finding an affordable research solution that would meet his boutique practice’s budget, while efficiently accessing trusted research content. This is where Lexis Advance, clearly comes into play. Lexis Advance has been able to save Mar valuable time and money, and importantly continues to ensure his reputation is protected. “Lexis Advance is definitely valuable and one of its most relevant and beneficial features is CaseBase. Within CaseBase, I really like how it addresses which cases have been followed, if a judgment has been applied in other cases or overturned. Having these resources cuts down the time I would need to spend on research.”

“Offering expertise across so many areas of law comes with its challenges,” says Joint Principal Mitchell Zadow. In the past, the firm conducted research using a number of sources, including free sites, online resources, and their own on-site library. “Doing things this way was time-consuming, and inefficient,” says Zadow. Sharrock Pitman decided to implement Lexis Advance. According to Zadow “Lexis Advance has proved to be a game changer in supporting the growth, research skills, and professional development of the firm’s junior lawyers.”

“Lexis Advance makes it easier to access cases and helps improve time efficiencies,” says Robert Ishak, Principal & Chairman at William Roberts Lawyers. “With the help of Lexis Advance, William Roberts provides on-time and accurate advice to clients” Lexis Advance has provided significant benefit for William Roberts including Reducing legal costs, improving operational efficiency, consistent court compliance, increased client satisfaction and stronger knowledge sharing across the firm.

Chris Camillin’s challenge was to find the most efficient and cost-effective legal research solution for his firm. The need for comprehensive and assured research and economical pricing is why Chris subscribed to Lexis Advance. Lexis Advance offers Chris the simplicity of search, clarity of insight and flexibility of access, allowing him to increase his efficiency. “Before Lexis Advance,” Chris said, “it was significantly more difficult to conduct research and the results were more limited by the context of the search. By combining the very latest in smart technology with over 100 years of trusted legal content, Lexis Advance is the must-have online legal research platform, putting smaller practices on a level playing field with larger firms.”

With Ledlin Lawyers being a small firm, Father-daughter team Natalie and Terry Ledlin sought to find a way to conduct high-quality legal research in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible. “We considered other similar platforms; however, we were drawn to the simple and easy-to-follow layout of Lexis Advance. Once we became aware of all the extra features available to us, we knew that Lexis Advance was the right solution.” Natalie is particularly pleased with the way Lexis Advance has managed to save her valuable time when conducting research. “I have always been able to find a useful case, commentary or precedent whenever I have used the platform. The ability to easily identify the most relevant results means that we can provide our advice to clients more quickly and with more precision.”