Does your practice have a venue management plan? The idea is that as in real estate where we have been told that location is everything, the venue of the matter counts for a lot.
Say you are on the plane and some business comes your way but it is forever away? Do you let it go or try to hold on to it no matter what. Do you have a plan to bring the necessary resources to address this kind of problem even in your local practice space?
On another level the venue of the matter counts because of transportation time and costs for you and your client. Is it worth it and can you handle it and still do great work or will it be one of those situations where hide and seek leads the transaction to drag on and on.
Then looking at home court advantage, is the venue of the transaction a place you know well and know enough to be comfortable in? To some the home court means nothing but at least a little reconnoitreing will put your client in the 'My counsel has this issue locked down' zone.
For non-court matters, where the parties are coming from and where meetings will be held matters a great deal for everyone so that missed Arbitration sessions will not happen, contract negotiations will happen with relevant parties present and so on and so forth.
Here's a funny one. You just cannot forget or leave anything behind in Lekki if you are headed to Ikeja. It means you can't nip across Falomo bridge or take a speed boat to get it back.
Can't happen.
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