How to handle your lawyer

With careful planning, you can get the best advice – and keep your legal bills down to a minimum. Lynne Abbess shows how.

Every business, no matter how large or how small, leaves a ‘legal footprint’ – so if you operate without any legal advice at all, you do so at your peril.

It is no coincidence that it is those who claim to be able to function without legal advice who often end up with the biggest problems.

And while there might be a perception that lawyers should be avoided at all cost, as they are simply too expensive, with careful planning it is perfectly possible to achieve the best of both worlds – receiving the best advice while keeping costs to a minimum.

So how can this be achieved? Here are my top tips to assist you in achieving this objective.