Legal aid

Free, confidential and independent legal advice

• Worried about benefits or tax credits?
• Having problems with your child’s school?
• Are your debts out of control?
• Are you being treated unfairly at work?
• Are you having problems with your landlord?

Community Legal Advice can help with these kinds of problems if you are eligible for legal aid.

Call the helpline now on 0845 345 4345.

Calls cost no more than 4p per minute from a BT landline but calls from mobiles are usually more. Worried about the cost? Ask an advisor to call you back.

The helpline has a translation service if you would like advice in a language other than English or Welsh.

Helping people in need

The Legal Services Commission (LSC) helps people in need receive high quality legal advice, assistance and representation. We deliver legal services through two schemes:

• the Community Legal Service (CLS) provides advice and legal representation for people involved in civil cases
• the Criminal Defence Service (CDS) provides advice and legal representation for people facing criminal charges.