Let’s be honest, TV and the movies have probably given the legal professions a pretty unfortunate reputation as the kind of people you’ll hopefully never have to deal with. On the one side they are perceived as fix it men, to be called upon to help you get out of trouble. On the other, a letter in the post from one of these guys could turn your whole life sour for weeks or even longer. Looming above either is the unknown subject of cost, the infamous time-charge in 6 minute increments, and the fear of a long and drawn out saga of that may never end and could ruin your business and even your life.

Is any of this even true? Is any of it relevant to us? Does anyone even know what solicitors do all day? Why should we even care?

In this interview with Michael Tucak, Principal Lawyer and Director of Creative Legal, you'll have the opportunity to learn which facets of the legal system are relevant to a typical freelance or small business practice. We'll get some basic definitions down and give you an easy to understand run down of how the law can protect you and your creative business, and the kinds of things you should be doing in order to make that happen. Surprisingly, none of it is nearly as scary as you think!

Creative Legal are a progressive legal practice that specialise in representing and helping creative business owners, freelancers, musicians and startups get off to the right start by having the right documents and legal matters in order to prevent bad things happening later. I met Michael just before he was starting his 30 minute slots of free legal advice as part of his P.U.L.P (Pop-Up Legal Practice) initiative at Spacecubed.