HOUSING LAW
Our Housing Law department can help you with
- Defending possession proceedings
- Stopping evictions
- Taking your landlord to court for disrepair
- Stopping unlawful eviction
- Defending anti-social behaviour injunction applications
- Challenging decisions on a homeless application
- Challenging a council’s failure to house you when homeless
- Challenging the suitability of temporary accommodation provided to you
We can help you with
- Defending possession proceedings
- Stopping evictions
- Taking your landlord to court for disrepair
- Stopping unlawful eviction
- Defending anti social behaviour injunction applications
- Challenging decisions on a homeless application
- Challenging a council’s failure to house you when homeless
- Challenging the suitability of temporary accommodation provided to you
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Our Employment law department can help you at various stages of your employment:
- Before you start your job
We can help you negotiate and review your employment contract, as well as advise on restrictive covenants. - Disputes while employed
Including disciplinary and grievance issues. Our team can advise on bullying, harassment, discrimination and family-friendly rights. - Issues with leaving
If your employer has unfairly dismissed you, forced you out, or made you redundant, we can help you negotiate a suitable settlement agreement and severance package. - Issues post-termination
Your employment contract and other documents may contain restrictions on your future activity. We can advise on whether these restrictions are enforceable, or defend you if a breach of contract claim is made.
PRISON LAW
Our Prison Law department can help with the following prison law matters under Legal Aid:
- Adjudications before the Independent Adjudicator
- Sentence Calculation (relating to release date only)
- Parole Matters where the Parole Board have the power to direct release only.
- Segregation Matters (relating to CSC matters only)
- Category A Reviews
- Pre-Tariff Parole Reviews
- Parole Board Advice Reviews following removal from open conditions
- Representations to the Secretary of State for Executive Release
Prison Law areas of practice
We can assist with:
- Parole reviews – paper representations
- Parole reviews – Oral Hearings
- Adjudications & Appeals
- Categorisation & Appeals
- Licence Recall & Conditions
- Lifer Hearings
- IPP Hearings
- Sentence Planning/Progression
- Sentence Calculation
- HDC Appeals
- Judicial Review
- Complaints
- Disciplinary Proceedings
- Prison transfers
- HDC pre-decision
- Healthcare
- Closed visits
- Banned visitors
- Prison related issues
If you would like help in relation to any of the above matters, please contact our Prison Law department from our contacts page.
