Today is the world where trust is just a word in the books. We are not in a position to believe anybody. Still, we live in this world, perform various transactions with several unknown people on only one faith that there is Law to look after us if anybody betrays us. So having a Personal Lawyer will always be handy.

Imagine if you had Legal Insurance similar to Medical Insurance. All your legal cases in the courts would be fought from your insurance money. You need not worry about the Advocate’s fees to fight your case in the court. Such facility like Legal Insurance cannot be provided as there are many reasons. One of the main reason is that a person may try to fiddle with the Law of the Land thinking he has Legal Insurance. However, having a Personal Lawyer will act similar to Legal Insurance.

From the past two decades as there is humongous growth in many sectors like IT/Software, Manufacturing Industries, Marketing, Trade, and business, similarly, there has been significant growth in the Legal field too. Laws are being amended to suit to the dynamically changing socio-economic system i.e business system as well as the family system. Advocates offices and work culture are on par with Multi-National Companies. Hence the fees charged by the Advocates to handle your legal issues are also skyrocketing. Prevention is better than cure is the sole basis on which this blog has been written. Hence Personal Lawyer will always lessen your burden of expenditure on legal cases.

As you know already if you have ever come across an urgent Legal issue (For example a car or bike accident)  which needs to be resolved as soon as possible with as much fewer fees then the need of an appropriate Lawyer was the most important factor. In India, it is difficult to find an appropriate Advocate to suit your Legal needs and in your budget, unless you know the Lawyer personally or through any of your relatives/friends/contacts. Tension-free way of living is having a Personal Lawyer prior to any untoward incidents.  

Most often, you will seek an Advocate when your legal situation is at its critical or bottleneck position. At this time you will be in need of an appropriate Lawyer for best possible legal solutions at affordable fees. Although it might work well but this is not a good practice to find an appropriate Advocate at critical Legal situations. You either ask your friends or relatives to suggest a Lawyer for you. If you are lucky then you might find an appropriate Advocate.

In most of the cases, you do not ask your friends or relatives for the contact of a Lawyer due to the fear that your legal issue might become public. In some instances, though you know an Advocate personally, still you would not prefer to consult that Lawyer.

A few decades back we had a joint family system in our country. All the members were emotionally attached to each other. If any family member was in need of any help then all the members were willing to help in many ways. Now times have changed, the joint family system has declined to a great extent. Nowadays in Nuclear families, everybody is busy with the daily chores of life, so if any family member is in need of legal help then it is always good to have a Personal Lawyer or Counsel by the side similar to a family Doctor.

In a similar way even friends/relatives/ brothers/sisters are busy in their own chores of life , suppose if you are entangled in any legal issue then though they may be willing to be with you but due to their own work/other obligations they might not be able to be with you, to support you either financially or morally . Moreover, even you may not like to disturb them or trouble them to help you with your court case. Therefore it is always a good habit to have an Advocate personally known to you because you do not know when the time may arise for a Lawyer’s advice.

It suggested that Parents should advice their children to have the habit of consulting an Advocate  for their legal queries because nowadays once children attain majority, they start doing many activities online or in real world without consulting anybody, which may lead them to very bad situations, if somebody takes them for a ride and makes them do something illegal . Also, some Parents would have encountered a Legal Court Case already in their own life, so they can realize the importance of an appropriate Advocate at hands reach.

According to me the time to find a suitable Personal Lawyer for yourself is as listed below:  

1. As soon as you attain majority or
2. When you complete Graduation or
3. When you start looking for a Job or
4. Before signing any Legal Agreement or
5. Before signing a Legal Contract.
6. Before purchasing any immovable property etc.,

Perhaps the list will go into many points , I have just listed few.

It is always a good practice to consult a Legal Practitioner before entering into any legal contracts/agreement etc., with anybody .If you are seeking advice through online from any Lawyer then it is suggested that you try to consult the Lawyer in person for better clarifications. If need be you may take legal opinions from more than one Lawyer accordingly until you are satisfied with the advice of the specific Advocate. However, some amount of money may be charged as Consultation fee for legal advice by Lawyers but it will be insignificant compared to the fee charged by an Advocate to run your case in the Court in future if the need arises.

Most often you are not ready to spend money on the Consultation fee of the Advocate for legal. You think that it is a waste of money, time, energy and effort because you are in the notion that Lawyers will mislead you for want of more fees. For the same reason, I suggest you to consult more than one Lawyer so that you are able to choose an appropriate advocate to proceed further with your legal requirement. One more big reason to consult a Lawyer or different Lawyers is that there are already crores of Litigation cases pending in the courts. Courts are already burdened with old cases. Generally, it may take one year or more years for your case to be disposed off by the Court. The Judgment may be in your favour or your opponent’s favour depending upon the merits of your case. If you consult a Lawyer before entering into any legal agreements or contracts then the chances of any later issues turning into legal cases (Litigation Cases) will be very less. Also, Advocate fee for the consultation will be very less compared to the cost of running your case in the Court for years together.

Advantages of consulting a Lawyer early :

For all the legal issues connected with outside family members, there is a Law to handle the issue but there are certain issues within the family members or Joint family members where there is no Law made to handle the issue. Other members in the family may guide you properly for your well being in the future or they may even misguide you for their selfish motives. However, if you have your personal Lawyer then you can always get guidance to lead further with the issues within family or Joint family.

Peace of Mind: Once you take Legal suggestion/opinion/advice then you will be at peace of mind that whatever step you have taken is legally correct way to your benefit and development in the future.

You feel secure: Taking legal Steps after consulting a Lawyer will make you feel secure at present and also in the future because there will be no fear about the legal steps taken or legal agreement formulated.

Legally Safe Position: First of all you will sigh with relief that you are in a legally safe position because in future if any legal issue turns into a case in court then you will be in a very advantageous position to lead your case.

Disadvantages of not consulting an Advocate early:

Ignorance of Law is no excuse:  Suppose without having adequate legal knowledge or consulting an Advocate/s if you enter into any legal contract or agreement or sign any legal paper then in future if any legal issue turns into a case in court then you cannot deny in the court that you were not aware of the Law.

You may be at Legal risk :   The other person with whom you are entering into a legal agreement might take you for a ride.

Legal Interpretation : Legal documents/agreements/ contracts etc require Legal knowledge to interpret and understand them clearly word by word, line by line. Therefore it is very much necessary to consult an Advocate to interpret the Legal Documents in plain understandable language.

Points to remember before consulting an Advocate:

Do not be under any kind of fear or doubt that if you consult an Advocate for your Legal query then the Advocate will force you to lodge a case in the court. It is you the final decision maker to file a case or not after having a consultation with an Advocate/s. Once you are satisfied by the consultation of any Advocate then you may decide to give the case to that particular advocate if the need arises.

When you decide to consult an Advocate for your legal query it is always suggested to take a prior appointment so that the Advocate will be free from all other work and will be able to listen to your query with more concentration and give advice precisely.

While taking a prior appointment with an Advocate for a consultation then you may clearly mention that you are only visiting for the consultation purpose and nothing else. Also, ask the consultation fee charged by an Advocate.

Always note down all your legal queries in a sheet of paper before consulting an Advocate because you may tend to forget a few important questions while discussing with an Advocate.

Do not expect to get all the solution to your legal issue in one meeting with an Advocate. The Advocate would give you all the best possible legal solutions in one meeting else the Advocate would ask you to come one more day so that he/she would research more on your legal query and give you best possible legal solutions.

Do not expect to have a free consultation for legal queries/clarifications because for an Advocate to advice on any of your legal issue, he/she have acquired knowledge by reading several books, related case laws, case documents, going to courts and fighting cases for many years. Even an Advocate has to lead his/her life as you are leading in the same city you live in. Advocates do not get any salary at the end of the month. Only from the fees, they receive from you will be their income if they do not have any other additional source of income from elsewhere. So it is always a good habit to ask for the consultation fee at the time of booking the appointment with an Advocate.

When you decide to go to an Advocate for a consultation you might fear that what if the Advocate after discussing about your legal issue may contact your opposite party or opponent and inform about the legal issue, so for this reason, you may need not reveal all the correct details of your opponent. You may use pseudo names and addresses of the opponent. You may also mention to the Advocate that you are using pseudo names and addresses for your own safety reasons. After the consultation, if you are satisfied with the advocate and decide to proceed further with filing the case then you must reveal the correct names and addresses of the opponent.

Advocate’s success lies on your words of appreciation :

An advocate would have come across your legal issue situation many times during their practice in courts and they would always try to give you the best legal solution because Advocate’s success is only measured by the words coming out from their Client’s mouth. If a client speaks well about an Advocate then only the Advocate will grow. So Client satisfaction is the most important factor for an Advocate to render Legal Justice within the purview of the Law.

A few classic examples for why you need a personal lawyer:

Generally, you complete your graduation by 21 or 22 years of age and post-graduation by 24 or 26 years of age. Next, you work for 3 to 5 years to get experience and settle in Job. Later you plan to get married, invest on immovable property, shares, etc. Suppose if you get entangled in a Legal issue and if you do not have your personal lawyer then you start worrying about the legal issue. This, in turn, will affect your work performance in office, your behavior at home, office, with friends and relatives. You start feeling all alone from inside. You stop thinking of development, future planning, new ideas, overall your quality growing life will start degrading and decaying too. Your 22 years of education struggle and 5 years of work experience struggle will go for a toss for just one legal case in the court. Therefore it is suggested to you that you should have a personal lawyer at all walks of life to suggest/advice you on the correct legal remedy steps to be taken in regard of your official/business or family matters. As I have seen in my experience, as soon as you start earning, Legal issues also start encountering you in one way or the other, in a small way like a lizard, if not looked after then later it will turn into a big crocodile for you. So if you get in touch with a Lawyer (maybe your childhood friend or friend’s friend, neighbor, online, etc.,) even before if you have any legal issue then you will always be out of legal troubles in future.

Another example is when you need to go to Police Station for either to give a complaint or response to the complaint lodged upon you, it is better to take an Advocate along with you if you have that much time. As you will be under both tension and pressure and may not be aware of your rights, an Advocate will guide you properly through the situation

Another example is when your work is getting an unnecessary delay in Government offices then an Advocate with you will be of great help.

Conclusion :

As time passes all your legal requirements will be taken care by your Lawyer. The Lawyer will be aware of all your legal engagements and will be able to provide you the best advice from time to time accordingly. A good rapport (Advocate-Client relationship ) will be built between you and your Advocate. You can concentrate on other responsibilities like your Office Work, Business, Family, etc and can perform better and achieve big results. If you do not have your personal Lawyer then for every Legal issue you start worrying and this will have a negative impact on your health, work, family members, etc. Therefore at the time of Legal emergency, you will always be having an Advocate by your side to handle the situation or at least to seek advice which will be the greatest saving factor under tension and pressure situations.