free legal advice

[joko]

I know this is a long shot but aside from the cab, is there anywhere you can get free legal advice and help?

either online or by phone

many thanks

[noxlumos]

Depends what about. If it's regarding housing law for example, the local authority tenancy relations officer will advise you free for example.

[undercovers]

there are still solicitors that will offer the first half an hour appointment as free - quite good to get some basics

[Grunty]

A lot can be done in the first half hour that undercovers describes. If that is not enough, it is probably better to pay for a further appointment than to try to get advice online. Only this morning I read replies in Answerbank saying what I had always thought to be true. I checked what the law actually said, and it had been changed as long ago as 1989.

[Hgrove]

have a look at the community legal services direct website, formerly legal aid: http://www.clsdirect.org.uk/index.jsp