Legal asistance can be very difficult to obtain. This is especially true in the modern legal market where there are such high prices charged for legal services that getting work done effectively by a lawyer. Particularly with a large or medium sized legal firm, you could be charged tens of thousands of dollars for a piece of work which is not really what you want or what you are looking for. You could be give a lawyer a brief to do some work and be asked to put thousands of dollars up front into work which has no guarantee of producing the result that you expect or desire. For this reason, you should always ask a lawyer some basic questions before engaging them to perform work where they charge you a fee.

Some of the questions you could ask them are if they have experience in this area and some examples of cases which they have worked on in relation to the field of law which your matter relates to. Ask them what they charge in relation to specific tasks and ask for an intitial estimate of the overall cost of the matter. Although they may state that is it difficult for an accurate estimate to be given and in many cases this will be true it is still good to ask for an estimate of the cost of the matter because often you will be surprosed by how much a matter will cost even on an estimate. Also, some of the fees that will not be included in the estimate are often things like disbursements such as court filing fees and search fees, advertising court actions that have this requirement like company windups and probate applications.

In short, the quality of legal advice and assistance which you use can have a large impact on the rights which you have in relation to certain legal processes. Choosing the the right lawyers and getting good legal assistance can be a very important decision. If you would like to talk to us about this, we have lawyers available online now or you cna post ot the contact form on the right. We look forward to hearing from you.