Legal Advice Services
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
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).
LawWorks
Post code checker for local legal advice clinics
Website: https://www.lawworks.org.uk
Legal Advice Centre – Family Law Clinic
The clinic provides confidential advice and assistance on most family law matters including domestic violence. The clinic is free and for people who are vulnerable and of limited means. Help on obtaining protective injunctions and practical support on related matters.
Address: University House, 104 Roman Road, E2 0RN
Contact Us – University House – Legal Advice Centre & A2J Lab
Email: admin@legaladvicecentre.London
PopLaw Legal Advice Clinic
Tel: 07920 288269 (Monday to Friday)
Email: poplawadvisor@poplaw.org.uk
PopLaw lawyers provide free initial legal advice covering many areas of law, for example on matters relating to debt, housing, employment, consumer and welfare benefits. We do not advise on family, criminal or immigration law.
Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre
Open term time only October to May
The Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre has two central aims: educating students and engaging and supporting the community through the provision of pro bono legal advice. The Centre provides independent preliminary free legal advice to the general public.
Through the Immigration Clinic the Centre offers free advice on a range of matters including visa applications, indefinite leave to remain, and deportation.
Additionally, we provide advice on legal issues including:
Intellectual Property; Wills and Probate; Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Exclusions; Lasting Power of Attorney, Deputyship, Community Care Act, and Mental Health Act matters; Family Law; Image Based Sexual Abuse; Landlord and tenant disputes; Freehold and leasehold disputes; Employment issues; Consumer issues; Private contracts; Criminal Law; Discrimination; Fitness to Practice Investigations (Nurses and Dental Professionals); Family and Immigration for members of the LGBTQ+ Community; Migrant Rights; Company law; and, Actions Against the Police.
The Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre also run a Domestic Abuse Form Filling clinic that assists victims of domestic abuse in taking the first steps of obtaining non-molestation and occupation orders via an award-winning system called CourtNav. You can find out more about this here: http://www.lac.qmul.ac.uk/clients/advice/domestic-abuse-form-filling.
Service is free to members of the public who meet certain eligibility criteria, this includes an income threshold.
Tel: 020 7882 3931
Web: https://www.lac.qmul.ac.uk
Email: lac@qmul.ac.uk
St Hildas Legal Advice Session
Employment Housing Consumer and Small Claims advice
Tel: 020 7739 8066
Email: legaladvice@sthildas.org.uk
Toynbee Hall’s Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC)
FLAC offers Housing, Employment and Consumer advice through our partnerships with City law firms. Our advice clinics are delivered by volunteer trainee solicitors, whose work is supervised by Toynbee Hall staff with subject-specific expertise.
Free phone line 0800 808 5701 open from 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week.
to see what FLAC offers, please take a look at our Housing, Employment and Consumer advice
Webpage: https://www.toynbeehall.org.uk/free-advice/