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cws1981

A short note about legal advice for Auslaw

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A lawyer and a doctor are at a party, chatting.

A patient of the doctor comes up and complains about his sore elbow. The doctor gives him some advice and sends him on his way.

The doctor turns to his lawyer friend and says, 'People do that all the time. How do I deal with them?'

The lawyer turns to the doctor and says, 'Id recommend sending them a bill, they wont bug you again later'.

The next morning the doctor, on the back of the lawyers advice, put together a $50 invoice and sent it off to the intervening patient.

The doctor was quite happy with how this turned out.

That is, until the next day when the lawyers $100 invoice arrived.

Posted Jan 12, 2021, 10:58 PM UTC

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GusPolinskiPolka•

Typical lawyers believing their time is worth more than a doctors

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cws1981OPOuthouse Counsel•

My sister is a leading anesthetist in sydney. Im well aware of where the money actually goes. Hence, I add my own little twist.

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anothersuckamc•

Where does the money actually go?

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mankaded•

Big house and expensive camera and scuba gear

Source: brother is an ortho surgeon

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cws1981OPOuthouse Counsel•

3 bedroom house in Glebe - WITH A GARDEN.

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IgnotoAus•

Where does the money actually go?

My Ortho old man has decided to get into breeding horses. Every time I see a vial of horse jizz go into one of the mares, I just weep at my inheritance being shoved up some unwilling horse.

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helencolleen•

That is so relatable. Damn horses!

My father was a thoroughbred trainer during his working life. After mum passed, I was helping him out with anything money related as he’d never been involved in that as mum took care of it all. He’d been retired for years but decided to get back in to racing as an owner/trainer AS A HOBBY! I had very similar feelings to yours every time I had to pay the incoming invoices. I even told him a couple of times ‘it’s nice that you’re doing something you enjoy, but this is costing well over a thousand (AU) dollars each week’ and at the time, that was more than I was earning as a lawyer lol.

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SexualPapercut•

My sister is a leading anesthetist in sydney

That is literally my dream! Good for her, hope she's doing well.

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cws1981OPOuthouse Counsel•

She was on the ortho stream but got hit by a cab coming out of RPA and it smashed her humerus in two places, so she lost her upper body strength. Hence had to go to either gp, anesthetics or psych. She chose well.

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rbnphn•

That’s some Greys Anatomy type shit right there

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JimjagWednesbury unreasonable•

The lawyer was probably a JD

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jb0318Pleads the fifth•

If it isn't you're not charging enough.

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ChewingGummow•

I know a doctor who looked at an injured child’s knee at Palm Beach after a game of beach cricket. He was an acquaintance of the child’s family and was there as part of a larger gathering/event which both the doctor and the family had been invited to. The family received an invoice by email the next day. Unsurprisingly, it was quickly deleted.

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PandasGetAngryToo•

That gave me a big smile. Nice one.

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cws1981OPOuthouse Counsel•

I always remember it because my sister is a doctor.

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bradster24•

$100??? I don't know of any lawyer that charges that little.

I was conned into going to talk with a Solicitor nearly 10 years ago about something because I was told over the phone it had "merit".

Repeating the exact same question to them, once I was there in person, resulted in me being told it was fruitless and by the way, I'm being charged $600 for the 40 minute consultation (they bill by the hour, whether used in full or not).

Very sneaky.

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unknown3901Wednesbury unreasonable•

It took them 40 minutes to tell you your case lacked merit? Lol

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bradster24•

Yes. You should see a Barrister at Trial... They speak v-e-r-y. . . um. . . er. . . s-l-o-w-l-y. . .

Just to waste time and maximise profits for themselves.

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