Legal advice is the giving of a professional or formal opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law in relation to a particular factual situation.
The provision of legal advice will often involve analyzing a set of facts and advising a person to take a specific course of action based on the applicable law.
[5] In some countries, legal advice is subject to the possession of a specific licence; in others, it is simply subject to the general regulation of professional obligation and can be provided by any person, who will usually be legally responsible for the provided advice.
[6] However, if it is provided by a lawyer or another person authorised by one of the front line legal services regulators, then this activity is included within their regulatory reach.
[9] Legal information can be conveyed by a parking meter, sign or by other forms of notice such as a warning by a law enforcement officer.