About Foolkit

Who and why is Foolkit?

Foolkit has been written by experienced South Australian lawyers for South Australian lawyers (and anyone who works in or is interested in the Law in South Australia).

Its key aim is to make life easier for a legal practitioner, save frustration and make some more time in the week by being more efficient.

In this day and age information should not be hard to find. If you are looking for information, theses days it is easiest to look on your computer. Hard copies get out of date, are lost or are in the unofficial library (that other person in the office who seems to squirrel the books away in their room). And it isn't just lawyers who wants to find information. Lawyers want to be able to tell other people to go and find things for themselves - or even better, to tell somebody to find something for them.

Most sites and texts have information on all the States of Australia. These, and things like High Court appeals, are not part of the day-to-day practice of lawyers. If they ever come up, there are plenty of places to find them. In the meantime, we South Australians would prefer only to have to look through the local information.

Acknowledgments

• Andrew Rogers, Chief Editor
• Programming and Technical, Robert Stachowiak assisted by Tony Jackson and Alex Rogers
• Graphic Design, Thornypixels
• Logo & Promotions, Peter Redden Design

The Name?

• Foolkit is a toolkit where we gather our collection of tools.
• Lawyers are jugglers. We spend all day juggling many, many tasks.
• A Lawyer who acts for himself has a fool for a client.
• Because Foolkit is so simple, that any fool can use it.
• Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines everywhere - William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (3.1.39-40)
• And because it was a unique but memorable domain name for a toolkit.

Your Suggestions

We would greatly appreciate any suggestions for improvements to Foolkit - and if you would discretely point out any errors.