Choosing a Lawyer: Citizen Advice

Each of us, when confronted with a problem that requires resolution of related legal issues, faced with a choice: to try to solve the problem yourself, or hire a lawyer?Should we try to save money and hire a lawyer cheaper?How can you determine a good lawyer?We will try to answer these important questions.

So, whether to try to solve the problem? Often citizens who are not lawyers, not bad versed in some of the legal issues and should be able to defend themselves in court for certain categories of disputes.For example, it is easy to present their interests in the debate on consumer protection.In this situation, the Court takes a fairly active role, and always stands on the side of the weaker side, helping her in every way in collecting evidence and substantiation of the position.

According to the types of cases a lawyer can be reduced only to give legal advice or drafting legal documents.Properly prepared documents and explicit position on the case will ensure a favorable outcome.

But it is worth always count their forces, most types of cases are quite complicated, for example, to enable cases to legalize alterations in any case you need a lawyer by housing disputes.A man who does not have a system representation on the right in general and about the features of the individual categories of disputes may underestimate all the potential risks of such an "amateur".In disputes where the Court does not try to protect the weaker party, he simply fails to meet the requirements.

Is it worth saving a lawyer? not open secret when I say how much the market is full of legal services.The laws of the market state that the product can be sold only worse at a lower price.This rule applies fully to legal services.Many people do not really qualified, unable to compete, willing to work for little money, low quality services.It is not necessary to explain what the risk of the principal.Having saved a penny, you can lose the ruble.

However, it should be noted that not always have to pay huge sums for legal aid and do not always need eminent lawyers.With the affairs of small and medium complexity easy to handle a lawyer with experience in several years.At the same time, the quality of its services may be no worse and sometimes better.But at the same time, the service will have to pay for less.

How can you determine a good lawyer? As we found out, the price of legal aid does not always reflect quality.But to determine a lawyer who can be trusted.First, you can ask the lawyer and ask him to provide for review of its higher education diploma.See what high school they had completed and when.Have documents confirming professional experience.Ask if he has testimonials from other customers.

Thus, the question of the need to involve a lawyer of his choice and the costs of legal aid - is a matter of your care.Carefully consider all the "pros" and "against" vote, legal risks, explore your potential lawyer.So you protect yourself from an unfavorable outcome of the case.

author: Lezhnyov Viktor.