Written by Condon Associates on 27 July 2009

Recently I had a meeting with a potential client who found himself in a terrible predicament. For months this client had been dealing with the lawyers of a large corporation. Like so many people I see these days, this client was in financial difficulty and owed a fair amount of money to this corporation.

The client thought that negotiations were going well, he felt that he would be able to pay the large corporation on his own terms. He was wrong. The lawyers were simply talking to him to establish his situation so that they could commence bankruptcy proceedings against him.

This client is now bankrupt, as the corporation went to court to seek the money back that they were owed. While this may seem ruthless, they had the legal right to do this. It is therefore imperative that you take responsibility for your own actions, otherwise you too could find yourself in the same situation.

If it looks as if legal proceedings are about to commence against you — or have already started, you mustn’t take matters into your own hands. You need to seek honest and independent professional advice from a lawyer.

A lawyer can deal with a corporation’s lawyers head on. They have the experience and will know your legal rights. You wouldn’t perform heart surgery on yourself, so why take legal matters into your own hands?

Fight fire with fire.

If this sounds like your situation, feel free to call me on 02 9893 9499.