Most people, one way or another, face rights violations and various disputes that cannot be solved by themselves. These may include labor disputes, inheritance issues, division of property during a marriage dissolution, and others.
Not only a legal entity, but also an ordinary person may need the assistance of a lawyer if they have been charged with a criminal case, fraud, or bribery. In other words, there is a huge layer of legal issues that are very difficult to solve without special education. And there is no need to, because you can always ask for help from a qualified specialist working in a law firm.
Types of legal services for individuals
Ordinary citizens can turn to lawyers for the following services:
Consultation (written and oral)
As a rule, companies allocate this service in a separate item. During the consultation, a specialist gets acquainted with the client’s problem, gives it a legal assessment and outlines the ways of solving it. In addition, the consultations help to determine whether the client, in principle, requires the assistance of professionals.
Drawing up legal documents
The list of these documents includes contracts, applications, agreements, claims, information letters, etc. By using the services of a lawyer, you can be sure that the documents will be prepared in accordance with all rules.
Support and execution of transactions
Lawyers check the documents drawn up by the other party for authenticity and compliance with legal norms, make sure that the transaction is legal and the client’s rights are observed. This service is most in demand in real estate and land transactions (construction and purchase of objects, business inquiries).
Representing interests in court
The court is one of the most energy consuming stages of the conflict. A person needs not only to study the law and collect the entire package of necessary documents, but also to prepare emotionally for the court. In addition, the consideration of cases in court is usually delayed for a long time.
Protection at the stage of enforcement proceedings
Even if the client’s case is won in court, this does not guarantee that the losing party will fulfill its obligations in a timely manner (or fulfil them at all). For this purpose, there is a defense service at the stage of enforcement proceedings. Specialists help to obtain in time what is due by law, without crossing the legal framework.
Lawyers’ work directions
Let us outline the main range of issues that are solved by lawyers:
Family disputes
This category includes drawing up a marriage contract, dissolution of marriage and division of property, collection of alimony, disputes about children (including deprivation of parental rights).
Inheritance disputes
Conflicts may arise if: one of the heirs appropriated the property alone, shares were divided unfairly, several wills were made or they were cancelled altogether.
Labour disputes
You can contact a lawyer if you believe that you were illegally dismissed and want to collect your salary from your employer.
Real estate issues
Specialists help check the developer, collect penalties, recognize the right of ownership. They also support transactions related to the purchase and sale of real estate, provide legal support in resolving land disputes.
Housing issues
Lawyers help to evict a person (remove him from the registration) or, on the contrary, to instigate him through the court, to determine the order of using the apartment, to divide personal accounts. Besides, you have an opportunity to solve your questions not only with your neighbors in the apartment, but also with your neighbors in the house (flooding, noise, etc.).
Automobile business
This includes everything related to accidents, leasing, MTPL and hull insurance.
Protection of consumer rights
With the help of lawyers you can return the money for a poor quality product or service.
Protecting honor, dignity and business reputation
Professionals help to bring to justice the distributor of information that defames the good name and damages the business. In case of a positive decision, the court obliges to compensate for moral damage and reputational losses.
Medical issues
As a rule, the services of a lawyer are used to provide low-quality medical services (dentistry, plastic surgery, obstetrics). However, specialists also protect the rights of doctors and employees of medical organizations. In addition to the above, the civil court examines: migration cases; credit and mortgage issues; property, sports, military and customs disputes; intellectual property and copyright issues, etc.
Economic crimes
Violations in this area are divided into credit and financial crimes, improperly executed transactions, tax evasion, etc. According to statistics, in 70% of cases economic cases are initiated illegally to paralyze entrepreneurial activity. In this case it is practically impossible to do without the assistance of a lawyer.
Criminal offences
If you have become a defendant in a criminal case, it is better not to delay an appeal to a specialist. A competent lawyer can not only influence the outcome of the case. A criminal trial is a great stress for a suspect and his relatives, but a lawyer can ease this difficult stage of life.
Conclusion
To defend your rights, today you do not need to study regulations, to understand changes in legislation and to understand all the legal nuances. A competent lawyer saves time, nerves and money for the client. As well as the person who applied for help, he will be aimed at achieving a positive outcome of the dispute, because it depends on his professional reputation.
As a rule, law firms offer a wide range of work directions and can help at any stage of the case. Before concluding a contract with a company, study the feedback about the company, find out what percentage of the selected specialist’s cases won, read the tariffs and the list of services to be specified in the contract. Some companies provide a free first consultation, so you can understand if you need legal help.
