What to expect
What to Expect From a Family Lawyer
Most people have never instructed a lawyer before and are doing it at a bad moment in their lives. Knowing what the process looks like takes at least one unknown out of it.
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The first conversation
Usually at no charge, and mostly you talking. We need to understand the situation before we can say anything useful about it. You do not need documents, and you do not need to have decided anything.
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Where you stand
We tell you what the position looks like: what is likely to be straightforward, what is likely to be argued about, roughly how long it takes and what it is likely to cost. If you do not need a lawyer, we say so.
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A written estimate
If you want to go ahead, you get the scope and the cost in writing before any work starts. Nothing begins on a handshake and an assumption.
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The work itself
How this goes depends entirely on the matter. What does not change is that you hear from us when something happens, rather than finding out later, and that you are told when the scope shifts.
Taking advice commits you to nothing
Taking advice is not a step against anybody, and it does not commit you to anything. A good many people come in, find out where they stand, and go away to think. That is a perfectly reasonable use of that conversation.
Who you would meet
Meet some of our team
Not a call centre and not a different person each time. One of these three would take the first consultation and stay with the matter.
Jeremy Cheong
Director
Rebecca Chia
Director
Nurul Nabilah
Associate
Full biographies are on JCP Law LLC.
Tell us what you need notarised
Send the details and we will tell you what is required, what it costs, and how quickly it can be done. There is no charge for asking.