The legal lifeLINE is a telephone legal advice service for business owners. It is run by me, Andrew Locke, a barrister practising from Nexus, the Chambers of Michael Mansfield QC. By subscribing to the legal lifeLINE you will be instructing me as your barrister on a public access basis, with all the professional training, experience and regulatory protection that comes along with that.
I set up the legal lifeLINE primarily to meet the needs of SME businesses who either don’t need or can’t afford the expense of instructing a high street law firm in the traditional manner. In contrast to many of the other online/telephone legal advice services you may come across, the aim of the legal lifeLINE is not to use “advice” as a way to sell further paid for services. My aim is, as far as possible, to enable you to deal with legal issues yourself without having to pay a lawyer hundreds of pounds per hour to represent you.
Subject to the fair usage policy which you will find in the client care letter (ie: my T&Cs), I will spend as much time with you as it takes to do this. There will of course be times when your issues are simply too complex, too risky or too much money is at stake for it to be a good idea to deal with them yourself, and in those cases I may advise you to instruct lawyers. However, you will never get the hard sell from me and you are entirely free to use your preferred firm of solicitors or another barrister. Moreover, if I ever do suggest a firm of solicitors or another barrister to you I will not take a referral fee from them for doing so.
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You will find me refreshingly down to earth, understandable, approachable and friendly. Having run my own businesses in the past I take a common sense and practical approach to resolving problems and I do not believe in trying to impress people with jargon and legalese. My advice will always be honest and I will make it as easy to follow as I possibly can for you.
I hope you decide to subscribe to the legal lifeLINE. If you need further information about the service or you want to have a no obligation chat about your legal needs, then please call or feel free to contact me by email and I will either email or call you back