b'The humble bar of soapThe humble bar of soap was considered a luxury, even intoThe firm was called in whenever there was a health and the mid-1800s. However, when British brothers William andsafety incident on the factory floor and to assist with James Lever manufactured a soap using copra oil, whichproduct liability issues, such as the notable (and fortunately lathered far more easily than traditional animal fat soaps,exceptional) instance when a customer complained they the industry really took off. Their company, Lever Brothers,had found a piece of steel in their cake of soap.was one of the most innovative manufacturers of its time, and would become a major client of Allen Allen & HemsleyIn 1929 Lever Brothers merged with Margarine Unie, and for several decades.became Unilever. The brothers iconic Sunlight Soap, the formula for which was invented in 1885, became the worlds first branded and packaged laundry soap. The British company had an office in Australia from 1888 and in 1899 opened a factory in the Sydney suburb of Balmain. The following year the factory produced its first bar of Sunlight Soap and quickly becamea significant manufacturer in Australia. In 1912 Allen Allen & Hemsley welcomed Lever Brothers as a client when the firm acquired the legal practice of Alfred de Lissa after the sudden death of Alfred and his son Horace, who died within months of each other. With the acquisition came other clients and a new employee, law clerk Canice Dwyer. Alfred Hemsley advised Lever Brothers on corporate matters and Dwyer undertook the trade mark and patent work for many years. Sunlight Soap made by Lever Brothers Australia. 67'