Employment Law Advice

[corinne R]

Recommendations needed please for urgent specialist employment advice for an employee. Tried CAB, Southwark Law Centre but referrals are non existent and advice needs to be more specific - are there any solicitors that offer free advice locally, or anywhere. Days have been spent trawling the internet. Thank you.

[AZH]

It's v hard to find professional advice such as a solicitor for free, but you could try ACAS

http://www.acas.org.uk/?articleid=1410

They have a free helpline and a lot of information for free on the website. BusinessLink website is also quite good for information on employment law.

[corinne R]

Thank you AZH. ACAS have been very helpful but can only offer 'general advice' the person needs more specific help. It must be out there!

[Sue]

Unless it would identify the individual concerned, you could try posting details of the issue on here?

I think otherwise you're unlikely to find an employment law specialist offering free advice re a specific situation. Why should they? I don't want to sound harsh, but presumably they are in their job to make a living ..... and that sort of advice doesn't come cheap, I imagine.

One further suggestion - try a college or university which runs employment law courses. They're often a module in other courses. The LSE used to, no idea if they still do. One of the lecturers might be willing to advise - maybe.

[EDAus]

Sent you a private message.

If you could provide some additional details I may be able to point you in the direction of some resources to help etc. I am not a solicitor but work in the human resources field.

My understanding is that it is difficult for solicitors to provide 'free' advice as their professional insurance may not cover it etc.

[corinne R]

Thank you EDAus. Thank you Sue.

[SingingWilks]

How about the law schools - they run pro bono centres offering free legal advice which is great experience for their students.

Below is the link to BPP's pro bono centre but I know the University of Law have one too, but I can only find the website from a student's perspective.

http://www.bpp.com/university-college/l/probono-advice

http://www.law.ac.uk/Our-Centres/London-Bloomsbury/Pro-bono/

Hope this helps.

[JW129]

Hello, I am an employment law specialist, happy to give some advice if still required via PM.

[corinne R]

Thank you everyone we will crack on with this and JW129 I will PM you. Thank you.

[LadyDeliah]

I always advise people to join a union. They are really good at supporting their members with employment law issues.

[corinne R]

Thanks LadyDeliah. If only. Too late now, they have asked. But great advice.