Legal advice Flashcards
What involves paying for a solicitor?
When you pay for a solicitor though your own resources, like from savings or wages.
What are the positives for paying for a solicitor?
Qualified lawyer = good advice
Can get a lawyer specialised in an area of law.
Sometimes offer a free 30 min interview.
Will have contact with barristers
What are the negatives of paying for a solicitor with yourself?
Fees are very expensive
Bullied regularly if money runs out, so does the service.
What involves using a conditional fee agreement?
A ‘no win no fee’ agreement.
You only pay the solicitors fee costs if you win, money comes from compensation.
What are the positives of using a conditional fee agreement?
Still getting qualified legal advice
Can get a specialist whos in contact with barristers
If you lose don’t pay for the fees
If you win the fees come from the compensation won
what are the negatives of using a conditional fee agreement?
When you make an agreement you agree to pay a certain % of fees though compensation.
= can be really high
Most cases you don’t get to keep a lot of compensation.
If you lose you have to pay for the other side
What involves using a citizens advice bureau?
Are a charity that offers legal advice to people for free. It’s run by volunteers who are lay people.
what are the positives of using citizens advice bureau?
It’s free and accessible.
Can get advice in person, on phone, online.
Lawyers stop by regularly to other specialised support.
Can help draft court documents and letters
What are the negatives of using the civil advice bureau?
It’s run by volunteers, and isn’t qualified lawyers-advice is not so good.
Usually overwhelmed and very busy.
Do a lot of work in immigration,asylum and employment matters- less on negligence.
What involves using a union for a claim?
Organisations to protect workers. They provide you with legal assistance if you need it
What are the postivies of using a union for legal advice?
Union membership covers legal fees, so are already paid for.
If you lose then costs need to pay the other side will come from the union.
The union handles the claim-no stress.
what are the negatives of using a union?
You can only get it if you’re part of the union.
Union fees can be expensive.
What involves using insurance for legal advice?
You can buy insurance like legal insurance, some insurance policies have legal bits in them.
what are the positives of using insurance?
You are paying to be insured so legal advice is already paid for.
If you lose then the costs need to pay the other side come from the insurance.
The insurance handles no claim-no stress.
what are the negativies of using insurance?
You can only get it if you pay for it
If added as part of an existing policy, it can get costly.
