Legal Advice

Self Help and National Legal Advice Services

If you want to find a solicitor or legal advisor, you can search based on location/area of law through the following websites. To check whether you are able to receive legal aid, go to: https://checklegalaid.service.gov.uk
NOTE: check how much a solicitor will charge before seeing a solicitor.

 

The Law Society

Website: http://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/

 

Government website

Information on courts, police, probation, legal rights and the law.
Website: https://www.gov.uk/browse/justice

 

Civil Legal Advice

A national advice line funded by Legal Aid.
Tel: 0345 345 4 345
Website: https://www.gov.uk/civil-legal-advice

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Local Legal Advice Services

These free legal advice clinics assist people who cannot afford to pay for solicitors’ fees or are unable to access legal aid.  Solicitors, barristers and law students volunteer to provide, free, quality assured, legal advice. They can assist with issues such as general legal matters, employment rights, consumer matters, family, debt and insolvency, housing, benefits and civil litigation (check individual websites).

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LawWorks

Post code checker for local legal advice clinics

Website: https://www.lawworks.org.uk