Personal legal expenses insurance could help you and your family with a number of legal issues, depending on what cover you have. This site can help you learn about legal expenses insurance, how to get it, and how to use it if you have it.
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Sometimes in business things can take a turn for the worse, but as a small- or medium-sized enterprise (SME) you may find you lack the expertise to deal with the problem yourself, or the resources to pay a lawyer to handle it.
Business legal expenses insurance could help your business with common legal problems, providing expert legal advice and assistance. These could be issues with employees, suppliers, customers, your premises or your tax accounts.
Business legal expenses insurance could cover your legal costs and expenses – even if your case goes to court – and also give you access to a legal advice helpline.
Access to unlimited telephone legal advice via our legal advice line where our operators are ready to answer all of your legal enquiries. This resource is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.*
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Legal expenses insurance cover will vary between providers, but there are some things that typically it can’t help with. These might be:
*England and Wales only; advice in other jurisdictions is available 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, excluding bank holidays.
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