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There is still a bit of a gray area there, though, which is that if you know you are not a subject matter expert, you should try to disclose that.
Hence why “IANAL” is so recurring on any online discussion about legal advice, because you want to offer what insight you can but you definitely don’t want to mislead anyone into believing your potentially dangerous legal advice is authoritative.
There is still a bit of a gray area there, though, which is that if you know you are not a subject matter expert, you should try to disclose that.
Hence why “IANAL” is so recurring on any online discussion about legal advice, because you want to offer what insight you can but you definitely don’t want to mislead anyone into believing your potentially dangerous legal advice is authoritative.
I disclose that by using words that describe my level of certainty. Like “I think” or “Possibly” or “It may be the case” or “I’m tempted to think”.