As a result of the support that we have been providing the Royal Holloway’s Legal Advice Centre since January 2020 when the centre first opened, we have been again been awarded a Pro Bono award for “all the outstanding commitment in support of [the] Legal Advice Centre”.
Housing director Bernadette Chikwe and her team, family and child care director Emine Mehmet and employment director David Head, alongside employment solicitor Ian Hurst assist the centre by offering pro bono advice on a weekly basis, and have been doing so since the centre’s inception at the start of the year.
We continued to offer our services throughout the whole of the Covid-19 pandemic including during the government lockdowns by offering our services over the phone.
Head of the Duncan Lewis Pro Bono Committee, Emine Mehmet comments:
“Having assisted the law centre from its inception, we are delighted to see how well it has done in difficult circumstances and honoured to receive this award.”