Is it safe to take legal advice in this way?
What sort of legal work would be suitable for the Law Shop self-help service?
What sort of legal work would be suitable for the Law Shop self-help service?
Things like filling in official forms and simple legal procedures and work where it is not cost effective to engage a solicitor to act for you. Here are just a few examples:
- Making a simple Will
- Setting up a business
- Changing your name
- Partnership agreements
- Going through an amicable divorce
- Renting business premises
- Winding up someone's estate after they have died
- Business contracts
- Arranging a Power of Attorney
- Problems met by charities, clubs and pressure groups
- Managing a relative's affairs
- School or College legal problems
- Making an official complaint
- Making a claim when
– someone owes you money
– something you've bought goes wrong
– you've had an accident
– you've lost your job- Buying off ground rent or rentcharge
- Sorting out debts
- Tax, VAT and Welfare Benefits
- Dealing with court forms
- Neighbour disputes
- Preparing for a Court or Tribunal hearing
- Employment problems
- Disputes with the Council
- Letting a house, flat or room
