About us

Law For All is a limited company with charitable status, founded in 1993. It provides not-for-profit legal services in social welfare law in the London Boroughs of Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond and in East Anglia The bulk of our work is funded by the Legal Services Commission. Some of our debt and money advice work is funded by the DTI through the Capitalise money advice consortium. We also have funding from the London Borough of Ealing for work increasing access to advice services, and some charitable donations from individuals and groups.

Law For All has six major areas of legal practice: debt; social security; housing; employment; family and immigration and we additionally carry out work in the areas of education and community care. Although we also engage in policy work, our core work continues to be the provision of high quality, cost-effective social welfare law services to the public. Our client group is made up of those who are eligible for public funding and those who, although outside the scope of legal aid, would be unable to afford to pay privately for assistance.

The 6 trustees of Law For All come from legal and other backgrounds and include members of the local community.

During 2006 we gave advice to approximately 10,500 people and opened case files for about 2,250. During the year we worked on case files for just under 5,000 people (including those whose cases had started before January 2006).To serve these clients we employ 38 lawyers.

Please use the links to find out how to contact us or to read more about our history and staff.