Suggestions for clients while contacting advocate

• It has been observed that advocates are usually very busy during first half of the day. As such, it is best to contact the advocate during second half of the day unless and untill it is very important / urgent or has been specifically asked by the advocate.

• Never call advocate during odd hours and early in the morning unless and untill it is very important / urgent or has been specifically asked by the advocate.

• If advocate does not answer your call, always retry after some time, preferrably after 15 to 20 minutes, as it is never expected from advocate to answer call on mobile phone leaving the case unattended before the court of law.

• While contacting your advocate, always keep handy detail of your case and communicate the same to the advocate at first instance, so that your advocate may recollect the case and advise you properly within shortest possible time.

• It has been observed that advocates usually have very busy schedule. Therefore, it is always advisable to be specific to your issue while contacting your advocate.

• While sending documents to your advocate, always make sure that the documents are quite legible as illegible documents affect the performance and is also likely to waste valuable time of the advocate.

• While sending documents to your advocate, always include detail of document alongwith detail of your case so that it is easy to locate at any point of time. In addition, always try to send documents through email as on email, it is easy to locate and take printout of the document.

• Result of the case can never be the only guiding factor for assessing performance of advocate. Always assess the performance of advocate keeping in view all the relevant factors.

• Never submit feedback/reviews for advocate just to malign his/her image. Always submit feedback/reviews only after assessing performance of advocate keeping in view all the relevant factors so that it is also helpful for advocate as well as other visitors. Always keep your feedback/reviews short and concise and try to not repeat the feedback/reviews of other users.