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What does Get mean? A get is the Jewish religious divorce document, delivered by the husband to the wife under rabbinic supervision (Beth Din). It has no effect on civil marital status: parties still require a civil divorce. However, many clients cannot remarry within their faith without a get, so its availability can be a practical issue in family proceedings. “Get” is not defined in UK or Irish legislation; it is a descriptive term from Jewish law. Civil courts cannot compel a party to grant a get, but they can manage timing of the civil divorce to reduce “get refusal”. In England and...

Practical Time Management for Lawyers: Dealing with Time Bandits, Prioritisation, Procrastination, Efficient Meetings and Work-life Balance

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Time is an invaluable resource, so learning how to get organised and maximise the hours available to us is an essential skill for everyday modern work and life.

Dealing with time bandits

Time management rests on three core components that guide daily choices:

what should I be working on right now?
what is standing in my way?
what practical action can I take?

If your current approach to managing time isn’t consistently delivering the outcomes you need, you must attempt a different approach.

It may feel uncomfortable at first, yet persisting with the same methods will only ever produce the same results.

Begin by creating a list for clarity:

what are you hired to deliver in your role?
which core activities most directly support these duties?

It might seem overly simple, but amid the day-to-day turmoil of working life it is very easy to lose sight of your main responsibilities.

Then list everything you experience that interrupts or distracts you over the course of a typical day, eg:

disorganised filing systems
colleagues’ work-related interruptions
organisation messaging apps
colleagues’ non-work interruptions
client phone calls
faulty equipment, eg photocopiers etc
a cluttered desk...

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Beth Pipe , FCIPD

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Beth is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD) and has spent over 25 years specialising in Learning and Development. During that time she has worked across a broad variety of different industries and has, for the past 15 years, worked closely with a number of well known law firms; this has involved putting in to place systems and structures to encourage, enable and track the effectiveness of learning activities. Adept at face to face course delivery, and always enjoying excellent feedback, Beth is also accomplished at online delivery and created OnLive Learning in response to the challenges presented by the 2020 Covid-19 restrictions.Beth has written extensively for LexisNexis on subjects such as Performance Management, Managing Change and Stress Management. Away from her training delivery she is a published author writing about local history, hiking, wildlife and the outdoors and is...

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