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Duncan Lewis:In this increasingly complex society, legal questions often arise seemingly out of nowhere. Legal advice can be expensive to obtain, and it can be well worth finding out whether you are entitled to receive legal aid. Legal aid is becoming less available and, like dental work on the NHS and final salary pension schemes, fewer people qualify for it. The availability of legal aid has dropped dramatically in the last decade and the trend looks set to continue. It is estimated that a third of the population of the UK has some sort of legal problem to deal with each year, and yet only around a quarter of those involved in these cases will actually qualify to receive legal aid. Only a few years ago the figure was over 50%. Current government proposed reforms to the legal aid system are widely expected to make legal aid even more difficult to obtain in the future.

The legal aid system is in place to materially help people who are on low incomes or who receive state benefits of some sort. In non-criminal cases, the current rule of thumb for applicants is that they will not get legal aid if their gross income is more than £31,884 per annum. This figure can, of course, change and for the latest information on who can qualify for legal aid you should speak with legal aid solicitors who specialise in this sort of work, such as Duncan Lewis. This figure includes the income of the partner of the applicant if there is one, and there are a number of other adjustments that are taken into consideration as well. It is possible, for example, that if you earn less than the minimum figure you may still not qualify for legal aid, as your disposable income will also be considered. After making deductions for things like child support, national insurance and tax, if your disposable income figure is higher than £8,796 per annum, you will not qualify for legal aid.

In addition, your disposable capital will enter the equation unless you are living on some particular benefits such as income support. If you have capital reserves of over £8,000 – some of which may be equity in your home (if it is worth more than £100,000) and the rest in savings, for example – this will make you ineligible for legal aid.

Criminal legal aid, which is similar to regular legal aid, has similar conditions and requirements for qualification. Criminal legal aid may be granted to defendants in Magistrates Courts, for example, in cases where they might go to prison if found guilty; however, to have a chance to qualify for it the defendant will have to be less than 18 years of age, have an income of £22,325 or less, or be in receipt of unemployment benefits. Capital in such cases is not taken into account.

 

 

 

Personal Injuries may occur as a result of accidents on the road, or at work place or when visiting someone at their home or during holidays. If the injury is caused due to the fault or negligence of some one else, you must hire Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors.

 

 

 

Those of you, who are looking for family law solicitors UK, here are some crucial reasons for availing the legal services of Duncan Lewis solicitors:

Duncan Lewis family law department includes members of the Law Society’s Family Panel, Family Advanced Panel and Children Panel. This means they are specialists in Family and Child Care Law and deal with all family related matters with unparalleled expertise and skill.

 

 

 

Unemployment, divorce, sickness, bereavement, and loss in business, are some of the factors that contribute to an individual’s poor financial circumstances. When circumstances change, a person is unable to meet his financial obligations and responsibilities and this causes him a lot of distress and frustration.

 

 

 

Divorce or dissolution of marriage often ends on a bitter note, involving false accusations, blames, and charges for what went wrong, fight for marital assets and property, right of custody of children, alimony, and much more. If you and your partner have decided to end your marriage, it is advisable to seek legal services of a renowned family lawyer, such as Duncan Lewis family law solicitors.

 

 

 

If you have met with an accident on road or at workplace or have been suffering from personal injury as a consequence of a crime, occupational disease, medical malpractice, or use of a faulty product or appliance, you must hire Duncan Lewis solicitor. Duncan Lewis solicitor would represent your personal injury case in the court of law and would get you the maximum claim for the pain and suffering, as well as for the loss of income, travel expenses, medical expenses, loss of pension, lost opportunity for promotion, and other damages being borne by you and your family.

 

 

 

Buying commercial property is both lengthy and arduous. You need to complete several legal formalities and complete tons of papers and documents in order to get the commercial properly transferred in your name. Add to this, the initial property investigations and price negotiations. If you want to cut short this lengthy process, hire Duncan Lewis conveyancing solicitors.

 

 

 

Matters related to Child Care Law are complicated and require special understanding, approach and handling. If you are going through a tough time wherein the Local authority have applied for Emergency Protection Orders, Care Orders or where you have applied for contact with children in care and discharge of Care Orders, you must hire Duncan Lewis Child Care solicitors.

 

 

 

If you or your loved one has been denied community care services, Duncan Lewis solicitors can guide you through the process to help you receive the support and care you need and deserve.

 

 

 

If you need legal help and assistance for matters related to Deportation/Illegal entry, EU Residence application, Outside the Rules Applications, Family Reunions, Judicial Review, Naturalisation, Overstaying or illegally in UK, or any other legal matter related to the General Immigration, it is advisable to choose Duncan Lewis solicitors.

 

 

 

Duncan Lewis:When an employee becomes pregnant, it is important that they be completely open about their condition with their employer. Being open about their pregnancy will mean that the employee can arrange to have a risk assessment conducted, but more importantly they will be entitled to have some time off for ante-natal arrangements, and there will be quite a number of these in the first few months.
The importance of being completely transparent about your pregnancy in the less obvious early stages is that later on, if the employer tries to make you redundant, your openness throughout will help protect you and work in your favour at any industrial tribunal, should it come to that. An experienced firm of solicitors such as Duncan Lewis can advise you comprehensively on this and other matters.






 

 

 

Duncan Lewis:It is often the case that a company has to relocate itself, either to another part of the country or somewhere else within the same city, to reduce its overheads and costs or to merge with some other company. In such cases the employees of the company have obligations and rights under employment law and don’t simply have to choose between being swept off to a new location or losing their jobs. Solicitors such as Duncan Lewis frequently handle cases where disputes arise over relocation.







 

 

 

Duncan Lewis:Laws against age discrimination revolve around the overall concept that an employer cannot lawfully discriminate against any of its employees on the grounds of age. While traditionally age discrimination has been associated with older workers, in truth it can affect almost anyone.
The default age of retirement has been 65 for some time, although an official company retirement age could be set above this by any employer.






 

 

 

160 staff at Duncan Lewis Dalston offers legal aid to those eligible for many different legal matters

Duncan Lewis started practicing from a small office in Dalston, Hackney in 1998 and then moved to a much larger office, 1 Kingsland High Street in February 2000. In 2005 the Duncan Lewis acquired additional space (4-10 Balls Pond Road) at the rear of 1 Kingsland High Street, making Duncan Lewis Dalston the largest office the firm owned. Duncan Lewis Dalston is 15,000 sq feet and houses 160 staff. Dalston is located in a vibrant part of London within close proximity to the city

Getting to Duncan Lewis Dalston is easy and our Dalston office is easily accessible by car or by public transport.

Duncan Lewis Dalston is located on the corner of Kingsland High Street and Balls Pond Road as shown on the map below:


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It is envisaged that the Tribunal will exercises the power of the High Court when Section 15 of the Tribunal, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 comes fully into force. There has already been considerable resistance to this idea, and we wait to see when the time is chosen. In this article we consider some of the difficulties that this might give rise to.

 

 

 

In our earlier article Supreme Court for the "Superior Court"? we predicted that the issue of whether, and if so on what basis, the Upper Tribunal was susceptible to judicial review would have to be settled by the Supreme Court. That has proved to be the case.

 

 

 

We are one of London's fastest growing firms of solicitors, with six offices in and around London. We deal in a wide range of legal services that caters for clients on a public funding or private fee basis. Duncan Lewis is privileged to have several franchises from the Legal Services Commission.

We look to recruit dedicated and talented employees in both legal and non-legal capacities, and we are always interested to receive applications from quality candidates, whether experienced or novice. If you can demonstrate a strong commitment to the areas of law provided by the firm, and you are keen to build a career with us, please email your details and CV to recruitment@duncanlewis.com, or telephone and ask to speak with the Recruitment Coordinator.

 

 

 

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