The phrase "competent advice" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to advice or guidance that is well-informed, reliable, and effective. Here is an example of how you could use it in a sentence: "Before making a big decision, it's always important to seek competent advice from a professional or trusted source."
The Supreme Court has also required lawyers to offer competent advice in urging defendants to give up their right to a trial by accepting a guilty plea.
The average City man believes that you are engaged on a hare-brained expedition in face of competent advice, that the best hope lies in your ridding yourself of your present advisers to return to the old ways, and that otherwise the United States is heading for some ghastly breakdown.
It is high time to separate mere teleservice operators from individuals qualified and certified to answer sophisticated financial questions and provide competent advice.
Examples of some of the items in the modified version include "I have a mentor who gives me competent advice about handling business opportunities", 'I have a mentor whose entrepreneurship skills have influenced my desire to build similar skills'.
It's not difficult to organize, but you need competent advice from a tax expert who understands both Panama's approach to taxing corporate income and the obligations to Uncle Sam of an American living and earning money in another country.
In this way competent advice could be available for the GP and his/her patient as is needed.
They just feel very strongly about their course of action, and they have very competent business advice".
Likening deportation to the punishments of banishment and exile, Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for five justices, said the Constitution guaranteed competent legal advice on at least some collateral consequences of guilty pleas.
Mr. Roehrkasse said the Office of Professional Responsibility's investigation "will focus on whether the D.O.J. attorneys who were involved complied with their ethical obligations of providing competent legal advice to their client and of adhering to their duty of candor to the court".
Worse still, Boards think they are getting competent legal advice and dont seek the specialized help they need.
