About Smokeball

Smokeball provides lawyers with practical, affordable and up-to-date legal practice guides and precedents, as well as free legal forms.

Smokeball’s guides are authored by practising, qualified lawyers who are knowledgeable in their chosen area of law.

If you are interested in writing for Smokeball, please visit our Become an Author page.

The Name

If it’s familiar but you can’t quite place it, the name is derived from the famous case of Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256.

The facts of that case were these:

The defendants, who were proprietors of a medical preparation called "The Carbolic Smokeball", issued an advertisement in which they offered to pay £100 to any person who succumbed to influenza after having used one of their smokeballs in a specified manner and for a specified period. They added that they had deposited a sum of £1,000 with their bankers "to show their sincerity". The plaintiff, on the faith of the advertisement, bought and used the ball as prescribed, but caught influenza. She sued (successfully) for the £100.

Named after this landmark case, one of the first cases law students learn, Smokeball continues development for legal professionals by providing legal forms, legal practice guides and precedents.

The history of Smokeball

Smokeball commenced operations in Australia in 2008. Our Australian website is www.smokeball.com.au. Over 18,000 lawyers and law students are registered with Smokeball Australia. Over 9,000 free legal forms, and 193 publications are available from Smokeball Australia.

Smokeball was launched in Malaysia in January 2010. Over 700 free legal forms are now available on Smokeball Malaysia, together with an increasing number of Legal Practice Guides and Precedents.

How can I contact Smokeball?

To contact us please call 603 2782 6922 or email info@smokeball.com.