Be clear about what you would like to achieve  - this includes measurable goals and timeframes.

It’s best to give your solicitor all of the necessary relevant facts and documents that they will need in order to advise or represent you, it could, however, seem like it will save on both time and money in order to give them the bare minimum - context is everything and if your solicitor doesn’t have all of the facts then its very possible that all advice that is given to you is totally incorrect.

If you need to supply documents to a solicitor, its integral that beforehand your documents are completed and arranged in the correct order. If not, they will have to spend time getting things in order and could even have to spend valuable time chasing you down for missing documents.

If your solicitor gives you a deadline, or requests to have documented by a certain date. Try your very best to do so.

Missing deadlines can have big or even disastrous consequences if you have serious legal issues impending over you., in addition to this you could need to be chased by your solicitor for information that is integral to your case - and you’ll be the one who has to pay for it.

Listen to any advice you are given - trust the experts! Whether or not the advice is followed is totally up to you! Remember that you need to understand the advice and implications of not following it. If it hasn’t been clearly explained or you can’t quite grasp the concepts in question.

Have high expectations, remember that legal services are not at all cheap and therefore you should not be receiving a sub-standard service. You need good client care - if you are at all unhappy with any service you are getting - raise it up with a solicitor and if they do not take care of the issue then they aren’t doing the job correctly - it’s time to get a new one!

Make sure you aren’t always getting what you want to hear - if your solicitor isn’t advising you of potential risks and pitfalls then they might not be doing the job correctly.

Make sure you are discussing fees when instructing them, your solicitor should give you a decisive set of information when discussing what fees are going to be charged, they should also give you information pertaining to tour different options, you should be able to choose between fixed, capped fees or hourly rates and for litigious purposed sources of finding and other aspects. 

When choosing solicitors Chester remember that you are looking at hiring someone who is going to be your partner and associate in legal matters moving forwards.