Friday 4 November 2011

key articles covering equalities and human Rights issues

British Journal of Special Education Vol 38, Number 3, September 2011
1. pp.112-119 ‘Time to end the bias towards inclusive education.’ This article “draws on the concept of ableism and critiques of neo-liberal market systems in education to reveal and explore the persistent barriers to inclusive education embedded within the education system. It is argued that although there may have been an inclusive education policy rhetoric, this rhetoric is rooted in conceptual incongruities which, rather than promoting inclusion, undermine an inclusive approach to education.
2. pp.120-125 ‘Recognising the needs of every disabled child: the development of tools for a disability census.’ “The Equality Act 2010 further enshrines the duties on organisations set out in the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 to safeguard the rights of vulnerable children. However disability is a complex phenomenon which makes the collection of data and subsequent identification of children who might be classed as disabled, problematic.” This article explores the findings of a nationwide survey with questions about multiple indicators of disability and argues for the parents views to be privileged in the collection of disability data.

Community Care 27 October 2011
3. pp.24-25 ‘SCRs are no panacea’ Making serious case reviews mandatory when adults at risk are murdered was a key recommendation from the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into disability-related harassment, which reported last month. Article discusses various perspectives on this recommendation.
4. pp.34-35 ‘Role of voluntary groups in disability service provision’ “Reviews research showing how the third sector can innovate in order to deliver care in times of cuts and restraint.”

Disability Now Issue 49, November 2011
5. p.7 ‘Disabled children paying high price of welfare reform’ 40% of disabled children are living in poverty new research by The Children’s Society shows.
6. pp.31-33 ‘Double time’ a disabled person guilty of committing a crime should be subject to the same degree of retribution as anyone else. But as Annie Makoff discovers, some disabled prisoners may be getting twice the punishment, receiving treatment tantamount to neglect, discrimination and abuse.

Education Law Reports [2011] 385-490 Number 5
7. pp.446-469 G (By HIS LITIGATION FRIEND) V THE HEAD TEACHER AND GOVERNORS OF ST GREGORY’S CATHOLIC SCIENCE COLLEGE [2011] EWHC 1452 (Admin). “Discrimination – School uniform policy – Whether uniform policy prohibiting the wearing of hair in cornrows by boys was discriminatory on race and sex grounds.

Forced Migration Issue 38, October 2011
8. pp.38-39 ‘Sharing sensitive data on forced migrants.’ “Can a collaborative web-platform for sharing critical demographic information about displaced people improve delivery and response?”
9. pp.50-51 ‘Preventing partner violence in refugee and immigrant communities.’ “For many refugees and other forced migrants, sexual and gender-based violence does not necessarily stop after resettlement; for some, that may be when it starts.”

IDS Employment Law Brief 936, November 2011
10. pp.9-10 ‘Collectively agreed age limit on pilots contrary to EU law.’ ‘Priggs and ors v Deutsche Lufthansa AG, ECJ.’ “A collective agreement, recognised by German law, which prohibited commercial airline pilots at or over the age of 60 from flying for safety reasons was not compatible with the EU Equal Treatment Directive (No.2000/78). The agreement was at odds with both national and international law, which allows pilots aged between 60 and 64 to fly, provided certain conditions are met. As such the age limit of 60 was not necessary to secure public safety, nor justified on this ground as a genuine and determining occupational requirement.”
11. pp.13-14 ‘Discrimination claim not excluded by state immunity.’ ‘Federal Republic of Nigeria v Ogbonna, EAT.’ “An employment tribunal had been correct to hold that a foreign government does not enjoy state immunity in respect of a claim by an embassy employee for compensation for physical and psychiatric injury arising from discriminatory treatment. Although under the terms of the State Immunity Act 1978 a similar claim for injury to feelings or economic loss would attract immunity, all personal injury claims – whether they rise from negligence, breach of statutory duty or discrimination – are covered by a statutory exception to that immunity.”

IRS Employment Law Review 23rd October 2011
12. p.1‘Sex discrimination: Special treatment of employee on maternity leave resulted in unlawful discrimination against male colleague’ In Eversheds Legal Services Ltd v de Belin [2011], the EAT held that a male employee was discriminated against on the grounds of sex when he was selected for redundancy after a colleague on maternity leave was automatically given the highest possible score in respect of one of the selection criteria.

Labour Research November 201, Vol 100, No 11
13. p.25 ‘Stress - It’s Enough to Make You Sick.’ “Stress has become the biggest cause of long-term sickness absence for manual and non-manual workers for the first time. This was the main finding in the 2011 Absence Management survey from the human resources professionals’ organisation, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and healthcare provider Simplyhealth.”

Local Government Lawyer Autumn 2011: Issue 17
14. pp.7-9 ‘Update on Equality Duties.’ “As spending cuts bite, this year’s round of budget-setting by local authorities has been painful. Reductions in services have been forced on authorities by the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review, but the decisions as to those reductions have triggered a wave of legal challenges. Most of these place reliance on statutory equality duties. Several recent decisions demonstrate how easy it is for decision makers to fall foul of the statutory requirements.”

New Law Journal 21 October 2011
15. p.1425 ‘Visa changed declined’ Attempt to prevent forced marriages ruled unlawful. “A Home Office ban on foreign spouses under the age of 21 settling in the UK has been ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court.”

Poverty Issue 140, Autumn 2011
16. pp.6-10 ‘Riots, redistribution and reparation.’ “Many people have asked why a tiny proportion of (mostly) young people rioted this summer. They have also questioned the part that rising inequalities could have played in making many people poor and some angry.” This article seeks answers from an eclectic mix of sources, including a Chinese daily newspaper, a former London gang member and the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
17. pp.15-18 ‘Universal credit: the gender impact.’ “The government’s plans to introduce a new universal credit are intended to improve work incentives and simplify a complex benefits system, but may work against its duty to promote gender equality.” This article examines the impact the new benefit may have on gender issues, in particular on financial autonomy for women.

Solicitors Journal, 25 October 2011, Vol 155, No 40
18.p.19 ‘Complying with the equality duty: public authorities must still comply with their obligations under the new equality duty despite the budget cuts...’ Article discusses how public bodies can protect themselves against the “latest favourite ground” for judicial review.
19. pp.27-29 ‘Employment update.’ Considers the default retirement age, the new regulations for agency workers, the extended qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims and cases on religious belief.

Welfare Rights Bulletin 224, October 2011
20. pp.4-6 ‘Unnoticed? The flaw in ESA conversion decisions.’ Discusses the problems with letters sent by the DWP to existing claimants of incapacity benefit (IB), severe disablement allowance (SDA) and income support (IS) on grounds of disability informing them that they are to be reassessed for employment and support allowance (ESA).

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In this week’s bulletin

LSC news .. Rent Review query .. LAPG updates .. Law Centres in the news .. Funding News .. Latest Vacancies .. Training


LSC news

LSC Update issue 114

Please follow the link above to read the latest update from the LSC.

Included in the update: Q&A on the October 2011 fee changes,
New codified rates for expert’s fees
Information on the 4 Immigration tenders in the South West and Midlands and East of England

Please follow the link for clarification on the rates applying to experts fees. FAQs can be found on the LSC website:

http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/civil/legal_aid_reform.asp

Rent Review query

Marilyn from Barnet Law Centre has asked us to circulate the following query:
We rent our tiny office in a rundown row of shops from Barnet council and at rent review this year they want to increase our rent by 16%. We have an extremely restrictive lease which effectively means only a law centre or advice agency could work from here. Have any of the rest of you had council rent increases discussed/imposed over the last year or so, and if so, what was the outcome?
If you have had a rent review recently please respond to mailto:Marilyn@barnetlaw.org.uk


LAPG Updates 35 & 36

LAPG Update #35 October 2011
Contents1. Please forward this email2. Lord Bach’s debate today3. Commons debate 31.10-2.114. House of Lords 21.11.115. Justice for All and Sound off for Justice campaigns6. Rights of Women briefing on domestic violence7 38 degrees

LAPG Update #36 October 2011
Contents 1. 85% New Matter Start Usage2. Bulk upload (from 1st November)3. Bill payment times4. Legal aid reform - questions on fees5. Civil Experts fees6. LSC training on fee changes7. Applications for the next duty solicitor rotas8. Indictable only offences in the Youth Court9. Immigration Tender10. Working Better with the LSC11. CCCG Meetings x212. Ministry of Justice Squatting Consultation.13. Tuition Fees JR14. Free Training Course15. CLSA Conference Friday 11TH November 201116. Special Offer from John M Hayes Partnership Ltd (Costs Drafting)17. Quick Round Up - lobbying18. APPG on Domestic Violence 31.10.1119. Chief Executive of the LSC20. Adopt a Lord21. National Audit Office22. New Form CLS App 8A23. Lord Bach debate 26.10.1124. Updates

Law Centres in the news

Coventry Law Centre has been in the news this week with Sue Bent commenting on the increase in debt related housing problems Coventry Law Centre BBC news / Housing debt.

If you want to get updates as they happen, why not follow our Twitter feed http://twitter.com/#!/LawCentres or like our Facebook page facebook LCF


Funding News

Please follow the link for the latest London Councils Grants update

The London VSF news bulletin has updates on new funding streams in London as well us updates on the London Councils Grants programme
LVSC news bulletin


Latest Vacancies

The Access to Justice Foundation has announced it is recruiting an Executive Officer.

This is an exciting development being its first full time member of staff and coming at a time when the work has never been more important given the funding cuts to the sector and the public need. The Foundation is looking for an energetic and innovative individual who will manage and develop its fundraising work, and build the capacity of both the Foundation and the nationwide network of Legal Support Trusts.

It is hoped a variety of strong candidates will apply. For full job details and how to apply visit www.ATJF.org.uk>.
The deadline for applications is 5pm Friday 25 November 2011.

The Access to Justice Foundation is a charity which provides strategic funding across England and Wales to the pro bono and advice sector to support the provision of free legal help to those in need. It was established by the Advice Services Alliance, Bar Council, ILEX and Law Society, and has a unique statutory role as the recipient of “pro bono costs”. The Board of Trustees includes senior members of the legal profession and advice sector, and is chaired by former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith QC.

Islington Law Centre are advertising for a full time, fixed term Casework Assistant for the Refugee Children’s Rights Project

The deadline for applications is 10am on Monday, 7th November 2011. Click the following link to go to the application information page: Casework Assistant Islington

Click here to view all current training and conference details


Click this link to read the Citizen’s Advice report ‘Breaking up is never easy’ on separating families’ advice needs and the future of family justice.



Vicki Storer
Project Assistant
The Law Centres Federation
22 Tudor Street, London, EC4Y 0AY
Direct: 0207 842 0728 Main: 0207 842 0720

Postal address: Law Centres Federation, PO Box 65836, London, EC4P 4FX

Monday 24 October 2011

JustRights campaign update

Dear JustRights supporters,

With the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Bill proceeding apace through Parliament, we wanted to update you on the progress of our campaign to protect children and young people under the age of 25 from the proposed cuts to legal aid.

LASPO Bill timetable
Commons Report stage – 24th to 26th October
Third Commons reading – 26th October
First Lords reading – 27th October
Second Lords reading – 16th November

Commons Report stage & 3rd Reading


For this stage of the Bill, which takes place next week, we have decided to focus on an amendment we have proposed that would retain legal aid for all children under the age of 18 who are currently entitled. We are awaiting confirmation from MPs (on both the Labour and Lib Dem sides) that they will table the amendment.

We hope to send out a briefing to MPs tomorrow. We will try our utmost to send it to you in advance for your comments and approval, but will assume you’re happy to continue to be listed on our briefings as a supporter of JustRights unless we hear from you.

House of Lords

Campaigners against the Bill had few genuine hopes of gaining significant concessions during the Commons stages of the Bill, but hopes are somewhat greater for the Lords. We have already had contact with a potentially influential Lib Dem lawyers group in the Lords who are very concerned about the Bill. The first reading of the Bill in the Lords is expected to be a formality, so we will be focussing our efforts more on the second reading stage. We have yet to decide on our precise tactics for the second reading, so feel free to make suggestions.

We also hope to hold a roundtable event to inform peers of the impact of the Bill on children and young people. We will let you know more once this is confirmed.

Data obtained through Parliamentary Questions and Freedom of Information requests
The Government has released a lot of useful data on legal aid for children and young people thanks to PQs and FoI requests made by JustRights and others. We will compile this, so that you can make use of it in your own campaigning and lobbying. If you’re looking for data in the meantime, get in touch and we’ll see if we can help.

New JustRights reports on crime

We are planning to publish a new report on the links between young people’s civil justice problems and crime, in order to highlight the knock-on impact on the criminal justice system of cuts to civil legal aid. The report has been commissioned on behalf of JustRights by the Law Centres Federation and Youth Access, and has been written by Professor Pascoe Pleasence, ex-Head of the Legal Services Research Centre and the pre-eminent academic in the legal advice sector. We will also be publishing a separate policy briefing summarising the key findings from Professor Pleasence’s report and other evidence on the subject. We hope to work with The Howard League on a media strategy about this issue and would be keen to work with other JustRights supporters. In particular, please let us know if you have any case studies of young people who have been averted from crime thanks to civil legal advice – or who received legal advice too late, after they had already been in trouble with the law.

As ever, please let us know what you’re up to if you’re carrying out your own campaigning and lobbying. And don’t hesitate to ask us if you think we might be able to help.

Best wishes,

James, Mandy & Kate


James Kenrick
Co-Chair of JustRights
Email: james@youthaccess.org.uk
Tel: 020 8772 9900 Mandy Wilkins
Co-Chair of JustRights

Email: mandy@lawcentres.org.uk
Tel: 020 7842 0725 Kate Bell
JustRights’ Parliamentary Adviser
Email: kategobell@hotmail.com
Tel: 07823 770 425

Friday 15 April 2011

LSC Latest update

13 April 2011 - Invitations to Tender to deliver Social Welfare Law services in several Procurement Areas, Low Volume Categories services and a Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme are now open

http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/civil/tendering/social_welfare_family.asp

Latest updates
13 April 2011 – Invitations to Tender to deliver Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits services in the areas of North Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire South and City of Westminster and a Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS) in Wandsworth.

We have today opened a tender process to invite tenders to deliver the Social Welfare Law (SWL) categories of Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits in four areas:

•The Access Point of North Lincolnshire
•The Procurement Area of Oxfordshire
•The Access Point of Warwickshire South
•The Procurement Area of City of Westminster
We have also opened a tender process to invite tenders to deliver a HPCDS in Wandsworth.

The tender opens on 13 April 2011 and closes at 12 noon on 17 May 2011. The new contracts begin on 1 August 2011. An Information for Applicants document and accompanying annexes are in the documents section of this page.

The deadline for submitting questions is 12 noon on 3 May 2011. You must submit all questions and tenders through the LSC's secure eTendering system.

4 April 2011 - Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits services in Portsmouth

We are seeking expressions of interest to deliver Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits services in Portsmouth on a temporary basis until 30 November 2011.

Further details can be found in the documents section on the right hand side of this page. Any expressions of interest must be submitted by 4pm on Wednesday 6 April 2011.

1 April 2011 – Update on Invitations to Tender to deliver Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits Services in the areas of Southampton, Herefordshire and Rest of Cambridgeshire and the Tender for a Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme in South West Wales

The period for asking questions in respect of these tenders closed at 12pm on 29 March 2011. No questions that required including in a Frequently Asked Questions document were received. FAQs relating to the 2010 HPCDS Invitations to Tender and 2010 SWL Invitations to Tender can be found under documents on the Civil Contracts for 2010 page.

Clarification re websites

Subsequent to the publication of the IFA for these tenders it has been agreed that the transfer of the LSC website to the justice.gov.uk website will not go forward at the present time - as set out on page 2 of each IFA. Instead all the URLs in the document will continue to work as they do now.

17 March 2011 – Invitations to Tender to deliver Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits Services in the areas of Southampton, Herefordshire and Rest of Cambridgeshire

We have today opened a tender process to invite tenders to deliver the Social Welfare Law categories of Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits in three areas:

•The Procurement Area of Southampton
•The Access Point of Herefordshire
•The Access Point of Rest of Cambridgeshire
In the areas of Southampton and Herefordshire, no services have historically been available for clients and no access to advice in the categories of Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits was secured following our recent tender process for contracts which began on 15 November 2010. As a result we are now relaxing the presence requirements for these areas as part of this tender to also accept bids from applicants with a permanent presence in certain neighbouring procurement areas.

The tender opens on 17 March 2011 and closes at 12 noon on 18 April 2011. The new contracts begin on 18 July 2011. An Information for Applicants document and accompanying annexes are in the documents section of this page.

The deadline for submitting questions is 12 noon on 29 March 2011. You must submit all questions and tenders through the LSC's secure eTendering system.

17 March 2011 - Tender for a Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme in South West Wales
We have today opened a tender process to invite tenders to deliver a Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes in South West Wales covering Carmarthen, Haverfordwest and Llanelli County Courts from 6 June 2011. The Information for Applicants is in the documents panel on the right hand side of this page.

The deadline for asking questions is 12 noon 29 March 2011. The deadline for submitting tender is 12 noon 18 April 2011.

You must submit all questions and tenders through the LSC's secure eTendering system.

9 March 2011 - Notices re: Expressions of Interest to deliver Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits services in the Access Point of Rest of Cambridgeshire
On 11 February 2011 we asked for expressions of interest to deliver Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits services in the Rest of Cambridgeshire. Due to the high level of response, we will be running a formal tender exercise in order to let contracts to deliver the work available.

9 March 2011 - Notices re: Expressions of Interest to deliver Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits services in the Access Points of North Lincolnshire, Warwickshire South and the Procurement Area of Oxfordshire
We have today published notices and forms relating to expressions of interest to deliver Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits services in the above Access Points and Procurement Area. These notices are available in the documents panel on the right hand side of this page. Please note that the deadline for responses is 4pm on Wednesday 23 March 2011.

1 March 2011 - Updated Tender Outcomes information published
We have today published updated information on the outcomes of last year's Social Welfare Law tender processes. This is available in the Documents panel on the right hand side of this page.

8 February 2011 - Publication of outcome of Family Mediation tender process
We have today published details of the outcomes of the Family Mediation tender process. These are available in the Documents panel on the right hand side of this page.

27 January 2011 – Publication of outcome of Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme tender process
We have today published details of the outcomes of the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme tender process. These are available in the Documents panel on the right hand side of this page.

17 January 2011 - Tender for Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes in Portsmouth and Gateshead
The deadline for asking questions in respect of this tender was 5pm 10 January 2011. No questions have been received. An FAQ relating to the 2010 HPCDS Invitations to Tender can be found under documents on the Civil Contracts for 2010 page.

12 January 2011 - Unified Contract (Family and Family with Housing) extension - update for Providers on the new schedules being issued

We have today published an update on the new Schedules for Providers who are delivering work under the extended Unified Contract in Family and Family with Housing. The existing Unified Contract Schedules under which this work is delivered cover the period up to 14 January 2011. We will shortly be sending out new Schedules to cover the period 15 January 2011 to 30 November 2011.

These Schedules will set out the number of NMS which can be carried out in Family (and Housing where applicable), as well as information on the Offices where work can be carried out, and Tolerance work.

The Update on the new Schedules is available on our Unified Contract page.

10 January 2011 - Tender for SWL services in Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham

We are inviting interested parties to tender for civil contracts in the Social Welfare Law categories of Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits in Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham.

The tender opens on 10 January 2011 and closes at 12 noon on 7 February 2011. An Information for Applicants document and accompanying annexes along with a Procurement Plan and Tender Timetable can be found in the documents section on the right hand side of this page.

Interested parties are able to submit questions about this tender up until 17:00 on Monday 24 January. Any queries or questions should be emailed to: claservices@legalservices.gsi.gov.uk

17 December 2010 – Publication of outcome of tender process
Outcomes of the Social Welfare Law tender processes are in the documents section on this page. Because of the volumes involved, the results for Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits have been published by region. New Matter Start volumes have been included where the category is held and have been left blank where it is not.

Please note that contract validation is still ongoing and a number of contracts are yet to be issued, therefore these lists are subject to change.

Family and Family with Housing information has not been included at this time but we will publish this information after the next schedule extension.

14 December 2010

Tender for Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes in Portsmouth and Gateshead opens

We have today published Invitations to Tender for Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes in Portsmouth and Gateshead from 1 April 2011. The Information for Applicants is available in the documents panel on the right hand side of this page.

The deadline for asking questions is 5pm 10 January 2011. The deadline for submtting tender is 12 noon 24 January 2011.

The deadline for asking questions has now passed. No questions have been received. An FAQ relating to the 2010 HPCDS Invitations to Tender can be found under documents on the Civil Contracts for 2010 page.

You must submit all questions and tenders through the LSC's secure eTendering system. The eTendering site can be accessed through the eTendering portal.



Further clarification on consortia

Further to the final FAQ for the Family and Social Welfare Law Invitations to Tender published on our website on 7 April, some representative bodies have expressed concern that their members remain unclear about how they should tender as part of a consortium for Debt, Housing and Welfare Benefits work.

By way of further confirmation of responses to questions 10.3 to 10.6, where an applicant organisation will deliver services (in addition to those it provides from its own office) through its fellow consortium members’ offices, it does not need to tender from fellow consortium members’ offices, only its own.

Where a consortium is awarded a contract, details of fellow consortium members and where their offices are located will be added to each individual office’s contract schedule, to enable all services to be delivered from each office within the consortium.



Background information - procurement plans
We published updated procurement plans for Family and Social Welfare Law services in early February, setting out the services we intended to procure in each area. However, a small number of plans have subsequently been revised to take account of detail changes. The affected plans can be identified by the word 'REVISED' in their title and we advise organisations that they should check the procurement plans incase of any changes that may affect them. These plans do NOT form part of the formal tender documentation.

Monday 28 March 2011

The Community Legal Advice website is closing

From the 6 April 2011, access to Community Legal Advice (CLA) online services will change as the website closes.

Information about legal aid and how to access CLA services, including the legal adviser directory and the eligibility calculator will be moving to Directgov.

Directgov is the government website for members of the public that has information about government services all in one place.

This change is part of a cross-government initiative to reduce the number of government websites making it easier and simpler for people to find the information they need.

The CLA telephone service remains unchanged (0845 345 4 345) and BSL users will still be able to access legal advice via webcam through the RAD website.

What is moving on to Directgov?

There is now a dedicated section about legal aid on Directgov under the government, citizens and rights section.

To find advice on specific subjects such as debt, employment, housing etc. the search function on the directgov website will take people to the relevant content.

These pages then include links to other websites where people can find more information.

Information about CLA and some of the key tools from the CLA website are in the process of being moved to directgov so the changes listed below will not be live until 6 April when the CLA website closes. This is an advance warning of the new links so you can update them on 6 April.
• Eligibility calculator – this will be moved onto Directgov from 6 April. The link to go there directly will be legalaidcalculator.justice.gov.uk
• The legal adviser directory - this will be moved onto Directgov from 6 April. The link to go there directly will be legaladviserfinder.justice.gov.uk
• ‘Call me back’ form for the CLA helpline – this will sit on the Directgov website from 6 April. You will be able to access this through our page on the Directgov directory www.direct.gov.uk/contactCLA.

Anyone using the current CLA website address from 6 April will see a page that says information on CLA is now on Directgov.

For further information on any of the changes mentioned above, please email websites@legalservices.gsi.gov.uk

Reminder: Recycle all your CLA leaflets from 31 March

Earlier this year we reviewed all the CLA materials we provide and as a result discontinued the 18 advice leaflets. We wrote to you in January about this change and this is a reminder to recycle any leaflets you have after 31 March as the content will no longer be up to date.

We are still producing the CLA helpline leaflet and you can order copies of this free of charge by emailing orderleaflets@communitylegaladvice.org.uk.

Wednesday 9 February 2011

WOULD YOU BENEFIT FROM SOME EMPLOYMENT ADVICE?

1. Are you having problems at work, are you on sick leave or have you recently been dismissed?
2. Are your problems connected to illness or disability?

If the answer is yes to these questions then the Legal Advice Centre can offer you free legal advice and casework assistance with these problems?

We are a registered charity based in the Bethnal Green area. We employ a solicitor that can offer free advice to people who live and/or work in Tower Hamlets, Hackney or Newham and who are having problems at work due to illness or disability.
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For more information or to make an appointment please contact Elizabeth on 020 8980 4205 or email legaladvicecentre@hotmail.com


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Registered Office: 104 Roman Road, Bethnal Green, E2 0RN.
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