Request an appointment
Ask us to arrange a consultation.
Tell us how you would like to meet and when you are free. Choose a video link (AVL) or a phone call, give us a few dates and times that suit, and send the request. It reaches our office by email and we reply to confirm a time, usually the same business day. For anything urgent, an arrest, a bail application, or a court date in the next day or two, call the office now rather than using this form.
Booking request
Send your request.
Fill in the short form below. When you send it, your email app opens with the details ready to go to our office. Press send and we will reply to confirm a time, by video or phone. There is no fee to request an appointment.
How it works
What happens after you send your request.
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You send the request
The form fills in an email to our office with your details, how you want to meet, and when you are free. You press send.
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We reply to confirm
We email or call back, usually the same business day, and lock in a time from the dates you gave us.
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We meet
The conference runs by video link or by phone, whichever you chose. For a video link we send the joining link. For a phone call we ring you at the agreed time.
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An honest view and a fee estimate
You leave the call with a candid view of your matter, an honest fee estimate if we are right for it, and a referral if we are not.
FAQ
Practical questions.
Is there a fee to request an appointment? No. This form only asks us to get back to you and arrange a time.
Can I meet by video or by phone? Yes. Choose the video link (AVL) or the phone call on the form. We offer both.
What if my matter is urgent? Call the office on 0421 717 019. Do not wait for an email reply if someone is in custody or a court date is close.
Are the conversations privileged? Yes, in the course of taking instructions, whether or not we are retained.
What if I do not have an email app? Call 0421 717 019, or email aaron@aklawyer.com.au directly with your name, number and the dates and times that suit you.
After your first call
What happens next.
Five steps from the first call to the first court appearance. The same sequence on every matter; the work inside each step depends on the brief.
Confidential first conference.
Thirty minutes by video link, by telephone, or in person at the Potts Point or Wollongong office. The matter is set out, the paperwork is read, and the realistic options are identified. The cost agreement for the first conference is signed at the start of the meeting.
Indicative fee letter within 24 hours.
A written letter setting out the scope of work proposed for the next stage of the matter and the fixed fee or estimated fee for that scope. The fee letter is your decision point. No further work is undertaken until you decide to proceed.
Retainer and cost agreement signed if you proceed.
A formal cost agreement for the full scope of the next stage. The agreement is sent before any further work is undertaken. The firm does not open a file or commit to a court date until the agreement is in place.
File opened, brief retrieved, key dates diarised.
The brief is requested from the police prosecutor or the DPP, the court mention date is confirmed, any bail or pre-trial dates are diarised, and a working chronology is started. Counsel is briefed where the matter calls for it.
First court appearance prepared with you.
A pre-court conference walks through the order of events on the day, the script the firm will use at the bar table, and the realistic outcomes for the first mention. You attend the court appearance with the firm; the lawyer who took the first call is the lawyer who stands at the bar table.