General notes on sending documents to a lawyer

It is important that documents are preserved in the form you have them, so when sending copies to me, if you need to rename them make sure that you do not rename the originals - only the copies you send me.

1. If you are scanning in and sending me a copy of a paper document, each document needs to be a single PDF. So a three page letter would be scanned in as a single PDF containing three pages. If the document has more than one page, please don't send every page as a separate PDF as that makes it difficult to read through: scan all the pages in order into a single PDF. But, on the other hand, don't include more than one document in a single PDF. Stick to "one document one PDF".  See here for more information about scanning. 

1. If you are sending me a copy of photo, please see here.

2. If you are sending me a copy of video, please see here.

3. If you are sending me a copy of an email, please see here.

4. If you are sending me a copy of an instant message, please see here.

5. If you are sending a copy of a webpage, please see here. If the webpage is a Google Streetview page, please see here. If you are sending a copy of a Google Earth image, please see here.

6. If you want me to look at a document which is available on the web - such as documents relating to an application for planning permission - please download the document and send it to me. It is not sufficient to simply send the URL to me because the URL may gives access to a number of documents so I can't tell, from the URL, which are the specific documents which you believe are relevant. And, of course, the contents of the URL may change over time.

Disclaimer

The information above is necessarily of a general nature and will not be applicable to every case: it is intended to be used in conjunction with more specific advice to the individual client about the individual case. Contact me for advice about your case.

The information on this page about specific computer techniques is provided for information purposes only. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate and up to date at the time it was written but no responsibility for its accuracy, or for any consequences of relying on it, is assumed by me. You should satisfy yourself, before using any of the techniques, software or services described, that the techniques are appropriate for your purposes and that the software or service is reliable.

This page was lasted updated in May 2025. Disclaimer