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Better questions belong in the brief.
Our library follows the path from a piece of work to a conversation about who will undertake it. Read what is useful now; return when your questions change.
Start with the work
Three focused briefs for a decision you may be facing.
A commercial lease
Prepare a focused commercial-lease enquiry: describe the premises, the stage reached and the work you want a firm to explain before making a commitment.
Buying a business
Organise your search around the proposed acquisition, advisers involved and work still unassigned. Prepare questions about scope, coordination and a firm's role.
Planning your estate
Prepare for an estate-planning enquiry by separating documents, decisions and the people involved. Ask a firm about scope, privacy and how arrangements are reviewed.
Frame the engagement
Understand the task and the people who would take it on.
Ask for a first piece of work you can understand
A practical way to discuss the task, deliverable, exclusions and next decision before engaging a legal practice.
Keep responsibility clear when several advisers are involved
Map questions to the people who have agreed to address them, so a shared project does not leave important work unassigned.
Keep the questions close
Practical reference tools to use beside the directory.