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This is good news for you as it means you will always know what comes next for

the bar notice will tell you. That is why I say your soon to be ex will help you
during the process even if unwillingly. Bar notices works both ways since law is
neutral and you can force your soon to be ex also to deliver what you want.

Personally I consider the use of a notice of bar as the very last resort but that is

me who tried to deal with colleagues in a proper manner. I am pleased to say
my legal consultancy outsource all litigation as we consider it a waste of my
clients time and money and worse, our own. Besides we are not geared for it

and never allow strangers into our offices anyhow for security purposes. Even

known clients are met at neutral places most of the time and music must always
be playing in the background in our offices. Being unconventional is a way of life

though I decide what music since I learned from horrible experience that not
everyone understand my healthy dislike of "underground rubbish".

* We take industrial espionage quite seriously. You may not know this but
research indicated incredible numbers as an indication of the problem. I quote

from my free eBook The Egg Breakers - Counter Terrorism in Sub Saharan
Africa: "On industrial espionage the available statistics (for what it is worth) tells

us that Germany loses up to 87 billion dollars per year. That is roughly 30 000
job losses. Since America has an economy five times bigger than Germany the

maths shows us American losses at a staggering 435 billion and about 150 000
jobs every year which is terrible in any language. A quick calculation shows me

that 410 Americans loses their job every day because industrial espionage is not

taken seriously enough."

You will be asked and ask yourself for discovery of evidence intended to be used

in the coming trial. Once again it is impossible to state all the different evidence
you may use as it depends on your case but usually are psychological and social

worker reports. Just follow the basics as discussed here. There exist many law
clinics where you can turn to for assistance with your pleadings.

Just before trial a meeting takes place called a pre-trial conference which is

generally at the senior lawyer's offices and you will know about it for you will be
informed in writing. Mostly settlement is discussed and you must attend. Since
the meeting is arranged you can come to an agreement on a mutually

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