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Because they were giving advice about a legal matter, so by stating what seems obvious to you and me, the GP is covering themselves from "implied" lawyer-client
by mixedCase 3y ago
Because they were giving advice about a legal matter, so by stating what seems obvious to you and me, the GP is covering themselves from "implied" lawyer-client relationships which under some jurisdictions could adjudicate them the responsibilities of a lawyer to a client if a person could prove in court that they reasonably believed they were acting as their lawyer.
I don't know if this is actually been a problem ever brought to a judge to be honest, but that's the reason why that disclaimer is made and of course, I am not your lawyer.
- contrarian1234 3y agoI want to find out where lawyers hang out online and if they close ever sentence/post with "I am not your lawyer"
- cyrillite 3y agoCheck Legal Advice subreddits, it happens. It may be an abundance of caution most of the time, but it doesn’t hurt.
- ghaff 3y agoIt’s pretty common in situations where you could be seen as giving legal, accounting, financial, etc. advice especially if you have some certification to that effect to disclaim what you’re saying as actually being advice. Lawyers are especially careful about this outside of a specific client relationship.
- K0balt 3y agoI also choose to not be this guy’s lawyer.