Suits You, Sir?

In recent weeks, I have had cause to reflect on the peculiar demands on us as solicitors of delivering difficult or unwelcome advice to clients of all stripes.

As solicitors, we have traditionally (and proudly) considered ourselves best able of the legal professions to engage and communicate with lay clients.

Quite how true that traditional view remains today is up for grabs. There can be no doubt, though, that as solicitors we are expected (and should strive) to be as adept at understanding and relating to people as we are at applying legal principle. Recent examples in my own practice have reminded me again that this is, at times, something that is easier said than done.

Clarity with clients