Helpful advice is available from many organisations on the web. We've listed some of them here and broken them down into the following subject areas:
Main Funders
- www.lewisham.gov.uk
The website of Lewisham Council - www.legalservices.gov.uk/
The website of the The Legal Services Commission
Employment
- www.cre.gov.uk/
The website for the Commission for Racial Equality - www.elaweb.org.uk
The website of the Employment Lawyers Association - www.employmenttribunals.gov.uk
The website of the Employment Tribunal
Immigration & Asylum
- www.jcwi.org.uk
The website of the Joint Council for Welfare of Immigrants - www.asylumaid.org.uk
The website of the charity Asylum Aid - advice and support for asylum seekers - www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
The website of the Refugee Council - www.iaa.gov.uk
The website of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (previously Immigration Appellate Authority) - www.oisc.org.uk
The website of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner - www.fco.gov.uk
The website of The Foreign and Commonwealth Office website - www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk
The website of The Immigration and Nationality Directorate in the Home Office : includes interactive information for individuals - www.multikulti.org.uk
Information and advice in community languages
Welfare Rights
- www.adviceguide.org.uk/
The website of the citizens advice bureaux - www.rightsnet.org.uk/
The website of rightsnet - updated by London Advice Services Alliance - www.dwp.gov.uk/
The website of the Department of Work and Pensions - the main benefits agency - www.cpag.org.uk/
The website of the Child Poverty Action Group - pressure group - www.lasa.org.uk/
The website of the London Advice Services Alliance - www.dlf.org.uk/
The website of the Disabled Living Foundation - www.dls.org.uk/
The website of Disability Law Service
Housing
- http://england.shelter.org.uk/home/index.cfm
The website of shelter - campaigning against homelessness - www.hlpa.org.uk/
The website of the Housing Law Practitioners Group - http://homelessuk.org/details.asp?id=LP10
The website of Homeless UK - provides advice on homelessness
Family law
- www.knoxukiwa.co.uk/
The website of Know Ukiwa solicitors who attend the Law Centre
Personal Injury
- www.leighday.co.uk/
The website of Leigh Day solicitors who attend the Law Centre.
Law centres
- www.lawcentres.org.uk/
The website of the Law Centres Federation - www.londonlawcentre.org.uk/
The website of Central London Law Centre - www.nklc.co.uk/
The website of North Kensington Law Centre - www.islingtonlaw.org.uk/
The website of Islington Law Centre - www.covlaw.org.uk/
The website of Coventry Law Centre
Others
i. Legal
- www.lawsociety.org.uk/home.law
The website of the Law Centres Federation - www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/
The website of the Court Service - www.barcouncil.org.uk/
The website of the Bar Council - the regulatory body for barristers
ii. Barristers
- www.2gardenct.law.co.uk/
The website of Garden Court Chambers - www.hardwicke.co.uk/
The website of Hardwicke Chambers - www.arden-chambers.law.co.uk/
The website of Arden Chambers - www.doughtystreet.co.uk/
The website of Doughty Street Chambers
iii. Human Rights
- www.amnesty.org.uk
The website of Amnesty International in the UK - www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/
The website of Liberty - civil liberties pressure group - www.hrla.co.uk/
The website for human rights law - www.echr.coe.int/echr
The website for the European Court of Human Rights
iv. Pressure groups
- www.lag.org.uk/
The website of the Legal Action Group - www.accesstojusticealliance.org.uk/
The website of Access to Justice Alliance - campaigning against legal aid cuts - www.asboconcern.org.uk/
The website of Asbo-Concern - highlighting the issue of social control - www.haldane.org/
The website of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers - www.tsg.org/
The website of the Trainee Solicitors' Group - www.ysg.org/
The website of the Young Solicitors' Group
MPs & Councillors
- www.bridgetprenticemp.org.uk
Website of Bridget Prentice - MP for Lewisham East - www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Jim+Dowd
Website of Jim Dowd - MP for Lewisham West - www.joanruddock.org.uk
Website of Joan Ruddock - MP for Lewisham Deptford - www.london.gov.uk/assembly/members/duvalll.jsp
website for Len Duvall member for the London Assembly - www.lewisham.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/ElectedRepresentatives/Councillors/
Who is your councillor in Lewisham? Find out here. - http://www.writetothem.com
This website allows you to find and email your councillor, MP, London Assembly member or Member of European parliament.
Miscellaneous
- www.evertonfc.com/index.php
This web link is at the insistence of one of the solicitors at the Law Centre - www.millwallfc.premiumtv.co.uk/
The website of Millwall football club - closest club to Lewisham
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Lewisham Law Centre is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.
