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Duncan Lewis Solicitors’ Free Weekly Advice Clinic continues to provide legal support in Dalston East London (14 March 2018)

Date: 14/03/2018
Duncan Lewis, Main Solicitors, Duncan Lewis Solicitors’ Free Weekly Advice Clinic continues to provide legal support in Dalston East London

Duncan Lewis Solicitors offer a free weekly legal surgery from their Dalston East London office, every Tuesday evening from 17:00 – 19:30.

Set up in 2009 by two senior colleagues, the Tuesday evening pro bono Surgery has been able to help the most vulnerable in local communities to access justice when they cannot afford it.

So far, the sessions have proven to be very popular, especially in the current climate of legal aid cuts, prohibitive application and court fees and other such barriers to justice.

Emine Mehmet, Director of Family Law in Dalston and Chair of the Duncan Lewis Pro Bono Committee said;

“Duncan Lewis is committed in ensuring access to justice, and in turn is committed to pro bono work for those who would potentially have no other recourse to legal advice. Our Tuesday evening surgery has been overwhelmingly popular, and sits side by side with the outreach pro bono work that we do.”

Due to the popularity of these sessions, Solicitors are only able to spend a maximum of 30 minutes with each client. Individuals with a legal issue in any of the areas below can attend the Tuesday Pro Bono Sessions, which run from 5.30pm to 7.30pm with last entry at 7pm.

Legal Areas Covered in the Drop in Sessions:

  • Immigration and Asylum
  • Family / Childcare
  • Housing
  • Community Care
  • Employment
  • Litigation
  • Islamic Law

Individuals will be seen on a first come first serve basis so we advise arriving early to avoid disappointment.

Over the last year Duncan Lewis have been recognised for the integral pro bono work we do, winning the Best Contribution by a Firm with a London Head Office in the LawWorks Pro Bono Awards 2017 and in 2015. Chairperson Emine was commended for ‘Best Contribution by an Individual’ at the 2016 and 2017 awards, alongside Heather Iqbal Rayner in 2017, who heads our Housing team at Cardiff Office, which was commended in The LawWorks Cymru Award. Duncan Lewis was also shortlisted at the Law Society Excellence Awards in 2017 for the pro bono firm of the year. Emine won pro bono lawyer of the year at the Jordan’s Family Awards in 2016.

Address:

1 Kingsland High Street
Dalston
Hackney
London
E8 2JS

T: 0333 772 0409

About Duncan Lewis Pro Bono Committee

Our Pro Bono Committee, formed in 2009, is an extremely important facet in the firm’s corporate and social responsibility policy. The Pro Bono Committee have recently been shortlisted alongside the RLS-Athens Project in the LexisNexis Awards 2018 Pro Bono category. The Project’s pilot ran between 10th April and 28th July to assess the impact of legal advice on time scales and outcomes for asylum seekers arriving in Greece. A number of our specialist Immigration team went to Greece to provide their services pro bono.

In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, our London offices’ Crime, Housing, Public Law and Personal Injury departments collaborated to support the victims, providing drop-in pro bono clinics at Al Manaar Mosque and Westway Sports Centre. We raised funds and donated necessities to those affected. We also piloted an Autism surgery in partnership with the East London University which was a huge success and we hope to continue that work.

These are just a few examples of the work that we do, which extends across the UK and overseas, ensuring vulnerable individuals get access to legal support they need.

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