So even when one engages and pays a professional for specific advice on a specialised legal or tax topic, the individual has no way of knowing that the advice or course of action is correct.
The individual gets screwed twice .... once when they engage the professional and secondly from the grave when his beneficiaries have to sort out the problem and probably think he stuffed up.
This is what I dislike about the legal and accounting systems we have in this country. It is so complex and nothing is black and white. So much so that 3 legal minds can have 3 different viewpoints on the same point of law.
Not really. It is up to the individual to determine whether the specialist they are handing over all their legal and accounting work to is in fact, capable of performing said duties.
If people are prepared to just go with 'whoever', without really understanding who they are giving the job to, then they need to shoulder at least a good portion of the blame for any negative outcome.
Not to mention that most people expect champagne service on a beer budget. They want the best, but they aren't prepared to pay for it. There is also the factor of human error. No matter how good someone is at their job, there is no way on earth they are going to be 100% perfect.