Our Services

We undertake most types of civil litigation and dispute resolution but specialise in housing social care, welfare benefits and public law challenges to central and local government.

We use interpreters when necessary but our lawyers and support staff include fluent speakers in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, French, Lingala, and provide legal services in those languages.

We have particular expertise in:

Representing people with mental health problems or who are mentally incapacitated.

The rights of migrant workers and their families derived from EU law.

Community Care

We have wide experience of working with sick and disabled people, children, young people and their families to resolve legal issues over:

Provision for disabled children

Care support at home

Charges

Home adaptations

Mental capacity

Children leaving care

Decisions over where to live

Rehousing

Support to destitute migrant families

Publicly funded legal aid is available for most of this work on passing a means test - see Paying for Legal Services.

Housing

We act for homeless people to obtain temporary and permanent housing.

We act for tenants over:

Repairs and compensation

Possesion and eviction

Rent, housing benefit and service charges

Tenancy and leasehold provision

Publicly funded legal aid is available for most of this work on passing a means test - see Paying for Legal Services

Welfare Benefits

Our work includes rights to Disability Living Allowance/Personal Independence Payments, Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Job-Seeker's Allowance and Universal Credit. We represent claimants in disputes with the DWP in judicial review proceedings.

Phone 0207 640 4600 for information on our free Welfare Benefits Clinic.