Eugene Pienaar is a qualified solicitor who spent two years defending a £40 million High Court claim as his own lawyer — alone, against two counsel and a City firm. He knows your situation from both sides of the courtroom. He provides legal consultancy, document drafting, court support and mediation for litigants in person across England and Wales.
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Legal consultancy, document drafting, court support or mediation. Or a combination.
Advised, prepared and supported. The best outcome your case allows.
Eugene brings the full knowledge of a qualified solicitor to every matter. The difference is the cost — and the directness.
Direct legal consultancy on your case. Eugene advises on the full substance of your legal matter — not just the procedure. Case strategy, legal position, realistic prospects, settlement strategy. The kind of insight you would get from a solicitor in private practice, without the retainer.
A qualified solicitor reviewing your documents before they reach the court or tribunal. The gaps found at this stage cannot be fixed after filing. Fixed fee, written feedback within 48 hours.
Resolve without a contested hearing through accredited mediation — or attend court with a legally trained professional beside you. Both services are led by Eugene as accredited mediator and qualified solicitor.
Eugene Pienaar qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and was admitted to the South African bar. He holds an MBA with Distinction from Oxford Brookes. He is an accredited mediator. He founded Be Your Best Lawyer because access to justice should not depend on the size of your wallet. The knowledge he brings to your case is identical to the knowledge he would bring as a practising solicitor — without the overhead and without the retainer.
Read more about EugeneThat is the founding principle of Be Your Best Lawyer. And it is the reason Be Your Best Lawyer Support exists.
When you instruct a solicitor, you are not the only client. The billing clock runs whether or not progress is made. A complicated case generates more fees than a resolved one. The incentives are not aligned with your outcome — they are aligned with the process. Many people discover this too late, after the money has run out and the firm has withdrawn.
Eugene's model is structurally different. Fixed fees. Clear scope. No retainer. No incentive to extend your matter. His reputation — across both sites — depends entirely on one thing: the outcome you get. When he takes on your case, he has the same objective you do. Get the right result. As efficiently as possible.
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From your first application through to FHDRA or final hearing. Advised and supported throughout.
From dismissal to ET hearing. Legal position understood, documents checked, strategy clear.
Prepare properly, settle on the day. Avoid a contested hearing entirely.
Eugene is a qualified solicitor with over twenty years of legal experience. He knows how the legal system works — how arguments are constructed, how courts think, how to navigate proceedings that most people find overwhelming. But he also knows something most legal professionals do not: what it truly feels like to face that system alone.
He spent two years defending a £40 million High Court claim as a litigant in person — alone, against two counsel and one of the City's oldest law firms. No budget. No team. He filed the comprehensive strike-out application the other respondents' lawyers never did. He came through it.
Be Your Best Lawyer Support exists because he refuses to accept that the knowledge which made that possible should be available only to those who can afford it. Every person who walks into a courtroom deserves to be properly prepared, clearly heard, and supported by someone who truly understands what is at stake.
"I spent two years defending a £40 million claim alone — against two counsel and a City firm. I know exactly what it feels like to face that system without support. I refuse to accept that justice should only be available to those who can afford it."
The most common journey: BYBL guide builds confidence, support at the critical moment makes the difference.
"I understood my case well after the BYBL guide, but I still needed to know whether my actual legal position was as strong as I thought. Eugene told me straight. That conversation alone was worth it."
"Eugene reviewed my ET1 before I submitted. He found two gaps in my unfair dismissal argument that would have weakened the whole claim. Less than an hour of his time, worth far more than that."
"We settled on the day. I had been dreading a contested hearing for months. The mediation was calm and structured and we both left with an agreement we could live with."
Every area covered here has a corresponding Be Your Best Lawyer self-help guide. Start there, come here when you need more.
Child arrangements, FHDRA, financial remedy on divorce, MIAM, non-molestation orders
Unfair dismissal, redundancy, discrimination, ET1 and ET3 drafting, tribunal attendance
Section 21, disrepair claims, deposit disputes, possession hearings, renters rights
Small claims, fast track, debt recovery, neighbour disputes, contractual matters
Start with a free 20-minute call. No obligation, no jargon. Eugene will tell you exactly what your case needs and what it will cost.
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Every service on this site has a corresponding free guide at Be Your Best Lawyer. The guide explains the law and the procedure. Come here when you need the law applied to your specific facts.