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Ask who will conduct the consultation, what preparation and output are included, how conflicts, fees, cancellation and urgent dates will be handled before booking.
Define the first legal task, output, exclusions, billing method, team rates, deposits, disbursements and change controls before accepting a lawyer mandate.
Escalate served papers, imminent hearings, expiring rights, threatened asset or evidence loss and irreversible decisions, then scope a rapid legal triage separately.
Compare the same consultation scope, verify the practitioner and payment route, identify exclusions and confirm the booking terms before choosing a lawyer.
Choose between a firm and an individual-led practice by testing responsibility, capacity, continuity, specialisms, conflicts, supervision and comparable fee scope.
Prepare the signed sale, identity and entity records, tax inputs, finance quotation, transfer and bond estimates, invoices and payment trail for a cost review.
Preserve the sale, quote versions, SARS calculation, lender documents, invoices, bank verification, payments and final accounts when property costs are disputed.
Before signing, ask about tax treatment, finance conditions, cash costs, deposits, occupation, guarantees, quote changes and payment security.
Request a written breakdown of transfer duty or VAT, transfer and bond legal fees, VAT on services, Deeds Office charges, lender costs and disbursements.
Identify tax, loan, guarantee, cash-shortfall, FICA, payment and registry dependencies early so transfer-duty and bond costs do not become late blockers.
Check the agreement date, tax treatment, property and bond values, written legal estimates, lender quotation, cash shortfall and payment security before proceeding.
Seek property-law advice when tax treatment, value, authority, finance, unusual ownership, disputed charges, payment details or deadlines create real risk.
Check audit notices, VDP eligibility, affected tax periods, parallel SARS dates and filing readiness before making a voluntary disclosure.
Build a source-led chronology of baseline health, treatment decisions, observations, escalation, harm, later care and legal trigger dates.
Ask about breach, causation, harm, expert disciplines, defendants, prescription, state notice, complaint routes, costs and next evidence steps.
Request complete clinical, nursing, medication, consent, theatre, diagnostic and follow-up records after an unexpected medical outcome.
Avoid calling a complication negligence, assuming causation, alleging altered records, overstating consent or promising damages before proof.
Prepare a clinical chronology, key records, provider details, ongoing harm, costs and deadline evidence for a medical-negligence consultation.
Act promptly for continuing medical risk, expiring claim or state-notice periods, fragile evidence, death, incapacity or active complaint dates.
Organise a lawful chronology of the resignation demand, pressure, alternatives, responses, witnesses and termination without confusing evidence with conclusions.
Classify whether employment continues, the employee resigned, the employer dismissed, or discrimination, disclosure, pay or contract routes also require attention.
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