News Flash

Southwark Law Centre has been shortlisted for best team in the 2019 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards.

Type of Law and Area

We provide specialist legal advice, casework and representation in Employment, Housing, Asylum/Immigration and Welfare Rights Law, mainly for people who live
or work in the London Borough of Southwark.

We are also setting up a new legal advice service in Lewisham in partnership with Citizens Advice Lewisham. Initially we are able to provide specialist Housing advice, and some employment casework.

Our Service

We do not provide a drop in service or provide general information for the public.   We take referrals from other agencies - for example, advice centres, councillors, social workers and community groups. To make a referral or discuss a case please ring 0207 732 2008 (Telephone hours: 9.30 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5.30 pm).

We have a duty immigration solicitor from Monday to Thursdays and a duty housing solicitor from Tuesday to Thursday who is able to speak to other agencies. Frontline workers can telephone for consultancy on welfare rights issues on Tuesdays between 10am and 1pm and Wednesdays between

10 am and 3 pm.

We provide an employment law telephone consultancy on Monday mornings from 10 am to 1 pm.  Please note that this is only for agencies whose clients live, work or study in Southwark. If an agency wishes to refer a client to us for employment law advice or representation they should call 0207 732 2008

For more information about where to get advice contact your nearest Citizens Advice www.citizensadvice.org.uk. This website also has lots of useful information and downloadable fact sheets. Southwark Legal Advice Network website www.southwarkadvice.org.uk has full information about advice agencies
in Southwark.

Lewisham Law Service

Our major new development has been the setup of a new Law Centre in Lewisham, working in partnership with Citizens Advice Lewisham (CAL). The Lewisham Law Service will be managed and delivered as a project by partnership with Citizens Advice Lewisham.

Lewisham Law Service (LLS) aims to increase access to high quality specialist legal advice for disadvantaged residents in Lewisham. LLS will defend the legal rights of people who cannot afford a lawyer. They are specialists working in their local communities to uphold justice and advance equality.

Please click here or go to the Lewisham Law Service page for more information.

lLondon Legal Support Trust Sponsored Walk

Only 4 weeks to go to the annual London Legal Support Trust walk sponsored walk. This is a 10k walk around central London- thousands of people walk to support legal advice, and there is a great street party at the end (and a free drink)

Southwark Law Centre and Southwark Day Centres for Asylum Seekers are walking to raise funds to provide legal advice and support for disadvantaged migrants and refugees. Together we aim to fight the hostile environment and promote Southwark as a Borough of Sanctuary.

If you would like to join the walk, please contact sally.causer@southwarklawcentre.org.uk.

If you can’t walk with us please sponsor the walkers at https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SouthwarkLC19

Please circulate the link to your contacts

If you use social media – please promote the walk at:

  witter #legalwalk @londonlegal  

Facebook London Legal Walk

Our organisation

We are a registered charity and are governed by a trustee board of local residents.  

To view our audited reports please click here.

What our Clients have Said

"I would like to say thank you for all the help and advice your service provided. I do not know how I would have coped and managed without your support on more than one occasion."

"Excellent Job has been carried out on my case and I am very happy for that. Please keep it up, well done. Thank you."

"I was very happy with the service I have received and I felt that I was treated well and with respect."  

Privacy Notice

Any personal data you give to the Law Centre, its staff and Volunteers for the purposes of seeking advice will be confidentially and securely stored in accordance with our data retention policy (a copy of which is available on request).  It will be held by the Law Centre as Data Controller and will only be used for the purposes of considering and where appropriate conducting your case. It will not be disclosed to any third parties and will be securely deleted in accordance with our data retention policy.  You have a right to be told what data we hold about you (though you are likely to have provided us with that data) and to have it corrected if it is wrong.  You may have other rights under the data protection legislation and you can find out more about these rights from the Information Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.org.uk

 Office of the Immigration Service Commissioners reference is N201000009