South Tyneside Community Legal Service
Legal Costs
Many people think that legal advice always comes at a high cost. However, the reality is that there are a large number of ways that you can get free or low cost advice:
- Free services from law centres, advice agencies and local authority services: Law Centres, advice agencies such as Citizen's Advice Bureaux (CABx), independent advice agencies and local authority services, offer most of their services free of charge.
- Free first interview: Many organisations, particularly solicitors firms, offer a set period of free initial advice, often thirty minutes.
- The Community Legal Service Fund: The CLS Fund replaced Legal Aid in April 2000. The CLS Fund can help pay for the legal help you need. You can get financial support for a wide range of legal matters, as long as you meet certain conditions. You may have to pay a contribution towards your legal costs.
Further information about legal costs and the CLS Fund is available on the CLS Direct website.
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