Welcome to the Mary Ward Legal Centre

The Mary Ward Legal Centre provides free, independent advice to people who live and work in London to help them access their legal rights and entitlements. We provide specialist advice in housing, welfare benefits and debt. We also provide free legal advice as part of our pro bono clinic in the areas of: employment, housing, small claims, consumer, and family.

How to access our advice service

Our office is open Monday to Friday 9:30 to 5:30 (closed 1:00-2:00). We are based in Holborn at 10 Great Turnstile, WC1V 7JU. You can attend in person if you have a pre-booked appointment or if you want to be assessed by our Access to Legal Services Team to see if we can assist – this will involve one of our Access to Legal Services Advisers taking details of your enquiry to pass onto the legal teams to see if we can assist. You will not be seen by one of our legal advisers on that day – you will need to be assessed first and then offered an appointment. If it is clear to the Access to Legal Services Adviser that your enquiry is not a matter we advise on or our service is at capacity they will signpost you to another appropriate service.

Housing advice

Please complete this form which will assist us to understand and assess your case by helping you to provide the relevant information.

If you do not hear back from us within 10 days, that unfortunately means we are not able to assist you and we would suggest that you contact other advice providers:

• https://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/
• https://advicefinder.turn2us.org.uk/
• https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/contact-us/contact-us/
• https://www.lawcentres.org.uk/
• https://england.shelter.org.uk/get_help

Alternatively, if you are unable to complete our online form, you may wish to telephone 020 7831 7079 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10am to 1pm (our phone line is currently closed on Wednesdays) or attend our office for an assessment by our Access to Legal Services Team to see if we can assist. 

Debt advice

Telephone 020 7269 5455 Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm.

For online enquiries please complete the form at this link which will assist us to understand and assess your case by helping you to provide the relevant information. 

Email:debtadvice@marywardlegal.org.uk

Welfare benefits advice

Telephone 020 7831 7079 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10am to 1pm (our phone line is currently closed on Wednesdays) or attend our office for an assessment by our Access to Legal Services Team to see if we can assist.

Pro bono advice, including employment law

Telephone 020 7831 7079 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10am to 1pm (our phone line is currently closed on Wednesdays) or attend our office for an assessment by our Access to Legal Services Team to see if we can assist.

For online pro bono enquiries, excluding employment law please complete this form

For online pro bono employment enquiries, please complete this form

This service is delivered by volunteer advisers as part of our pro bono clinic. Currently the service is delivered by telephone only.  The areas of law covered include: employment, housing, small claims, consumer, tax, and family. To find out more on these sessions visit our page on pro bono advice.

Our services are targeted at people on low incomes, and most advice services have specific eligibility criteria. To find out if you are eligible please click on the area of law in which you need advice. If we are not able to help you we will try to find alternative ways to help, or refer you to another agency.

To find out about how to access our services, please click on the relevant area of law on the side menu.

Our services are targeted at people on low incomes, and most advice services have specific eligibility criteria. To find out if you are eligible please click on the area of law in which you need advice. If we are not able to help you we will try to find alternative ways to help, or refer you to another agency.

To find out about how to access our services, please click on the relevant area of law on the side menu.

You can also follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/ @MaryWardLegal

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