9 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Wait Till You Get Into Trouble Before Getting Yourself A Competent Lawyer

I don’t plan on Going to Court… why do I then need a lawyer?

I won’t commit a crime.. I won’t go to court, I don’t need a lawyer, Yen yen yen… everyone keeps saying they don’t need a lawyer because they aren’t seeing themselves going to court.

Truth is you might not want to go to court, but someone might be looking at dragging you to court for your negligence or wrong unknowingly done…

There are a million and one reasons to get yourself a lawyer before you get in trouble and start looking for one…

The bitter truth is often times people don’t find necessary the use of a lawyer before they don’t want to pay that lump sum of Retainership fee Yearly because they think they won’t need the services of a lawyer..

A lawyer can be made available on standby for you every day for a year to help you stay guided in your daily dealings.

Plus, prevention is better than cure, that’s why an ounce of prevention is worth many dollars and anxious hours of cure. Once you have determined that you need professional legal help, get it promptly.

You can get the most help if you are in touch with a lawyer as soon as possible

Listed below are some of the reasons of having a Lawyer (on retainer) readily available.

1. Legal Advisor

Having a lawyer who is always available 24/7 to play the role of a legal advisor cannot the overstated.

He/she is there to give you legal counseling, advice and readily available legal consultation on actions or in-actions of yours and also legal implications of your actions or in-actions in your daily dealings

2. Sale Of Property

YES! You need a lawyer to ensure that you aren’t buying a sham or fraud engulfed property.

Lawyers have ideas on how to verify the authenticity of properties either landed properties by going to the Land Use or Cars by carrying out a search at the police station to ensure it’s not stolen.

There are a million things that your instinct feels are legal but then in the factual sense they aren’t.

3. Registration On Your Business(es)

Are you entrepreneurial like I am? Then you surely need to register your company.. and did you know they can’t register your company 100% without the help of a legal practitioner?

Well, that is because the Corporate Affairs Commssion (CAC) makes provision for the veracity of your information to be attested to by a Legal Practitioner (CAC form 4).

Also, a lawyer helps you to know the importance of registering your business and what type of business form to register based on your capital, Nature of business etc.

4. Compliance With CAC Rules

A lawyer ensures that your already registered company is CAC compliant… How you ask?

There are post registration requirements by CAC, one of which includes return on allotment of shares.. your lawyer also informs you on filing of Annual returns to make sure you aren’t in any form of legal debt with the commission.

5. Compliance With Tax Laws And Payment

As the headline says, a lawyer helps you to legally find ways or loop holes to avoid high tax in the most “legal” way possible.

Also, he advices you on how to go about your Personal income tax and Companies Income Tax In accordance to Tax Laws.. Also helps you file you tax papers and tax return forms Yearly, to avoid the tax mans wrath.

6. The Law Is Complicated

The truth is, Sometimes even experienced lawyers do not usually represent themselves in court.

A well built case can quickly unravel without the help of a trained and emotionally detached attorney.

7. Drafting & Perusal Of Documents

Similarly, failing to hire a lawyer when starting a business, reviewing a contract or embarking on other endeavors with potential legal ramifications can result in otherwise avoidable pitfalls.

A lawyer can help you review, draft, negotiate and avoid errors and liabilities in documents that deals with you or your business dealings.

8. Representation At Meetings

To busy to attend a meeting yourself? or you need someone to put you through some heavy Terms during an Official meetings?

Getting a Lawyer to represent you in person or to accompany you to the Meeting location is a wise idea as he can help picks and trash out information you don’t understand at a Goal.

9. Bragging Right

Yeah.. won’t you love to say “You will hear from you lawyer” when anyone tries to mess up with you?