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A friend in need. As they say: “a friend in need is a pain in the arse”.
A friend in need. As they say: “a friend in need is a pain in the arse”. This is not, heaven forfend, something you’d ever say about a [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]], of course.


This is not, heaven forfend, something you’d ever say about a[[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]], of course.
[[Counsel|Coun''sel'']] is your legal advisor, and is not to be confused with (the) '''[[council|coun''cil'']]''', from whom you are unlikely to get an [[enforceability opinion]]. Nor, really, with a [[general counsel]], even though one of those is meant to be a grown up version of the same thing.
 
Not to be confused with (the) [[council]], from whom you are unlikely to get an [[enforceability opinion]]. Nor, really, with a [[general counsel]], even though one of those is meant to be a grown up version of the same thing.


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Revision as of 11:36, 16 November 2018

A friend in need. As they say: “a friend in need is a pain in the arse”. This is not, heaven forfend, something you’d ever say about a lawyer, of course.

Counsel is your legal advisor, and is not to be confused with (the) council, from whom you are unlikely to get an enforceability opinion. Nor, really, with a general counsel, even though one of those is meant to be a grown up version of the same thing.

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