Find legal help
UK Law Reference is not a law firm. The organisations below provide free advice or connect you with regulated lawyers. Start with the free general services if you are not sure where to go.
Free general advice
- Citizens Advice
Free, impartial advice on debt, housing, work, family, immigration, consumer issues, benefits, and more. England and Wales.
FREEAll areas - Citizens Advice Cymru
Welsh-language and Wales-specific advice.
FREEWales - Citizens Advice Scotland
Scotland-specific advice.
FREEScotland - Advice NI
Northern Ireland advice on debt, housing, benefits, employment.
FREENorthern Ireland - Law Centres Network
Specialist legal advice on social welfare law (housing, immigration, welfare benefits, discrimination, community care). Means-tested and casework-driven.
FREEWide - LawWorks
Pro bono clinics matching members of the public with volunteer solicitors for free initial advice.
FREEWide - Advicenow
Self-help guides on family, housing, benefits, and discrimination law.
FREEWide
Find a regulated lawyer
- Find a Solicitor (Law Society / SRA)
Search the official register of SRA-regulated solicitors in England and Wales.
Solicitors - Find a Barrister (Bar Council)
Search regulated barristers, including Direct Access barristers who can be instructed without a solicitor.
Barristers - Direct Access Portal (Bar Council)
Specifically for engaging a barrister without going through a solicitor (Public Access scheme).
Barristers - CILEX Lawyer search
Find a CILEX-regulated chartered legal executive (lower hourly rates, qualified in specific areas).
Chartered legal executives - Legal Aid checker (GOV.UK)
Check if you might qualify for civil or criminal legal aid based on case type and means.
Legal aid eligibility - Legal Aid agency adviser finder
Find a legal aid solicitor or adviser by postcode and area of law.
Legal aid providers
Topic-specific helplines and charities
- Shelter (housing)
Free housing advice for tenants facing eviction, homelessness, disrepair, harassment.
FREEHousing - National Debtline
Free debt advice, including Breathing Space referrals.
FREEDebt - StepChange
Free debt advice and debt management plans.
FREEDebt - Acas helpline
Free employment-rights advice — including pre-claim conciliation (mandatory before tribunal).
FREEEmployment - Refuge (domestic abuse, women)
24/7 National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247.
FREEDomestic abuse - Men's Advice Line
Domestic abuse helpline for men: 0808 8010 327.
FREEDomestic abuse - Rights of Women
Free legal advice on family, immigration, and criminal law for women.
FREEFamily / immigration - Detention Action
Free advice for immigration detainees.
FREEImmigration detention - OISC adviser finder
Find an Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner-regulated immigration adviser.
FREEImmigration - Personal Support Unit / Support Through Court
Free emotional and practical support for litigants in person in court.
FREELitigants in person - RCJ Advice (London)
Free advice for litigants attending the Royal Courts of Justice.
FREELitigants in person - Victim Support
Free support for victims of crime — practical and emotional.
FREEVictims of crime - NSPCC / 0808 800 5000
Help if you are worried about a child.
FREEChild safety - MIND legal advice
Mental-health-law legal advice including Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act.
FREEMental health - CPAG (Child Poverty Action Group)
Welfare-rights advice and judicial review casework.
FREEWelfare benefits - ICO complaints
Information Commissioner's Office — data protection and FOI complaints.
FREEData protection
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