Payment agreements are an affordable option for those clients who need our services but cannot pay for it all at once.

Every client deserves quality legal representation, but only a handful of clients can afford it. This imbalance can often create a tension between solicitor and client, especially, if the lawyer feels they are working extremely hard for the client at a rate which is well below what is acceptable. This friction often gives way to frustration and ultimately can erode the necessary trust relationship that must exist between a client and his lawyer.

How can such friction be prevented. Clients deserve to know what they are paying and the results which likely flow from legal services. Once informed, most clients will not be concerned as much with cost as they are with structuring a payment agreement. The payment of fees by pre-determined installments over the life the litigation make legal services affordable and allows clients access to quality legal services.

No client should ever be denied quality legal services simply because they cannot plunk down the entire fee at once. Where a client displays a willingness to pay a fee, it behooves us as lawyers to make every effort to work out a means by which that fee can be paid.