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Legal Advice

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The Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre is committed to providing free legal advice services for members of the public and Queen Mary staff and students, whilst meeting the educational needs of our students.

We are a student law centre (and therefore our clinic is a teaching and learning environment). However, we do aim to comply with the professional standards applicable to the legal profession. The Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre is not a firm of solicitors and is not therefore itself regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), although individual solicitors working within the LAC are individually regulated by the SRA. We are a member of LawWorks and are committed to the Pro Bono Protocol. Our immigration advice is regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA, formerly OISC) - we are a Level 2 (immigration) organisation with IAA registration number N201700017.

Our law students work under the supervision of qualified lawyers, interviewing clients, analysing their legal problems and researching the issues involved in their client’s case.

Clients are then sent a written letter of advice, normally within 21 days of the initial interview.

The legal advice we provide is privileged. For more information on what this means, see Legal advice privilege [PDF 758KB]

The types of issues we can assist with include:

Actions Against the Police

Preliminary advice on potential civil actions against the police.

Law for the Arts

Legal assistance for those in the creative industries, including IP disputes.

Black Justice Project

Actions Against the Police, Employment, and Windrush claims for members of black communities.

Company Law

Advice for companies, charities, and social enterprises.

Consumer and Contract Law, and Civil Court Procedure

Advice on issues relating to contracts, consumer law, and court procedure queries.

Criminal Justice Project

Advice for anyone who has been drawn into the criminal justice system, whether as a suspect, witness, or victim.

Disability Law

Advice on Disability Law issues including housing, employment, disability discrimination, community care, and Special Education Needs for primary and secondary school students.

Domestic Abuse Form Filling Clinic

Supporting victims of domestic abuse taking the first steps in obtaining non-molestation and occupation orders.

Employment Law

Advice on a range of employment law matters, including unlawful dismissal, discrimination, unpaid wages, bullying and harassment.

Family Law

Advice on a full range of family law issues including divorce, separation, disputes relating to children, and financial arrangements.

Fitness to Practice (FTP)

Support and advice for nursing and dental professionals under investigation by the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) and the General Dental Council GDC.

Housing Law

Advice on a range of public and private housing matters.

Image Based Sexual Abuse (SPITE)

Advice for those who feel they have been a victim of someone sharing or publishing their intimate images without their consent.

Immigration Law

Advice on a range of immigration matters including applications for visas, indefinite leave to remain, and citizenship.

Lasting Power of Attorney and Community Care (CHOICE)

Advice on issues relating to Lasting Power of Attorney, Deputyship, Community Care Services, and the Mental Health Act 1983.

Migrant Rights

Advice for clients with unresolved immigration status on accommodation, financial support and social care matters.

Pink Law

Family and Immigration advice for members of the LGBTQA+ community.

Social Welfare Benefits Clinic

Form filling assistance for PIP and UC, help with Mandatory Reconsiderations and representation in the First Tier Social Security Tribunal.

Special Educational Needs and School Exclusions

Advice on primary and secondary age children’s special educational needs.

Wills and Probate

Advice on contentious and non-contentious Wills, Trusts, and Probate matters.

The Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre is committed to offering its students and local community opportunities through collaborative work. We focus on offering employability skills to undergraduate law students and beyond and supporting causes that are in line with our ethos and QMLAC values.

One of these collaborations is with Future Leaders UK on our community mentoring scheme. This long-standing collaboration offers undergraduate students across the university the chance to mentor A-level students from East London.

We also run a scheme known as Advocates for Change which offers court marshalling to students, aiming to get more state school students into the Judiciary.

Please contact us on legal-advice-centre@qmul.ac.uk if you are interested in working with us on something new!

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