When you’ve done the work, you should get paid. It’s as simple as that. If you want to get paid quicker, this article will show you how to: Build a solid payment structure into your daily business habits, Use proven psychology for following up on late payments, Fire off a payment demand letter that gets $25,000+ results within days (get the template version here) and Increase the chances of your invoices getting paid on time with three easy to implement ideas.

Introducing the Contract Design Canvas! Recently launched for the first time with the Victorian Society of Computers and the Law…and discussed in brief in Legal Business World. Very keen to hear your thoughts!

Dealing with a tricky government contract you want to simplify? Government lawyers pushing back on your updates to their agreement?

Creating a business case for legal innovation can be a major stumbling block for many legal professionals. In fact, it’s the one step of the legal innovation process that causes most people to come unstuck, not because it’s particularly difficult or time consuming, it’s a problem of translation.

Trying to do something different in a legal team gets overwhelming.

There’s lots of roadblocks. Heaps of competing priorities. Very little (i.e. zero) budget to spend. And on top of all of these challenges, lawyers are human (believe it or not!) and aren’t known for changing their ways in a hurry.

Legal teams must cut costs. But how can you innovate with no time and no money?

In this article, I share some ideas and tips on how to innovate your legal work with little to no extra funding.

Do you ever wish you could write other people's emails for them? Perhaps you get requests that come through with missing information or unclear details? Maybe you want to direct certain requests to another person, but you don't want that person to get lump with lots of unclear requests.

A helpful checklist of key legal issues for promotions using comparisons or savings claims

A handy checklist as a basic guide to key legal issues for advertising and marketing.

The right tool can make a big difference. You can't easily hammer a nail with a spoon and it's hard to eat cereal with a hammer. There are lots of productivity tools and helpful apps out there for lawyers.

Most employers want to do the right thing by their workers. Different awards and pay rates and entitlements are often confusing for small to medium businesses. Even large corporations can make mistakes about the pay and entitlements of their staff.Speaking with your employer or writing a letter is the first step to ask your current or former employer to confirm your pay entitlements.