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Everything people ask first
Cost, time, privilege and who actually does the work. All of it written down, so the first conversation can be about your matter instead.
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Straight answers, in advance
What will this cost?
You get a written scope with the fee and a realistic outcome before any work starts. Common work is fixed-fee, companies can take a monthly retainer, and litigation is hourly at a rate stated on the fees page. Nothing is billed that you have not agreed to first.
What happens in the first conversation?
Thirty minutes, free, with a partner. You describe what you are facing; we tell you whether we can help, roughly what it would take and whether somebody else would serve you better. It is not a pitch, and you get a written summary the same day.
Who actually does the work?
The partner you meet. It is the whole reason the firm is six people and not sixty — nobody here hands a hearing to somebody you have never met, and no file changes hands without you being told first.
How long will my matter take?
A fixed-fee document is usually two to three weeks. A contested commercial matter in the High Court is a year and often two. We will tell you the honest range at the start, including the part where the other side controls the calendar.
Do I have to go to court?
Usually not. Ninety-four per cent of our matters settle before trial, and a good part of what we do is finding the settlement early rather than late. When court is the right answer, we say so plainly.
What should I bring?
Everything you have, unsorted. Contracts, letters, WhatsApp threads, land documents, invoices — including the ones you would rather we did not see. We would far rather find the difficult document ourselves than meet it in the other side's bundle.
Will anyone know I came to you?
No. Privilege covers the first conversation whether or not you instruct us, and nothing about your matter appears anywhere — including on this site — without your written consent.
Do you act outside Accra?
Yes. We appear in the High Courts in Kumasi and Sekondi-Takoradi regularly, and we hold clinics in both a week each month. Travel is billed at cost and agreed before it is booked.
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Anything you would ask a lawyer at a wedding, you can ask us on the phone for nothing. If it turns out to be a matter we will say so; most of the time it is a five-minute answer and you go back to your day.
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