Tips and guide for using our find my nearest legal aid solicitor for your legal problem

Useful tips for our online search service to find the closest firm of legal aid solicitors to you:

• If you have selected a particular category of civil case, you may not see many solicitor who are close to you. You may want to change your search to "All types of civil case" to see all the solicitors closest to you.

• If you are looking for a particular type of expertise, use our categories of problems in civil cases.
  
  
• You can move on to the next 10 solicitor offices by clicking on the text next 10 at the bottom of the listing of ten offices, just under the scroll bar.
  
  
• Information on services provided by solicitor firms is provided by the firms themselves. In spring 2008, the Board asked for extra information on the services provided by firms. About half of all legal aid firms gave us this extra ifnormation. If you are searching for help with a civil case, searching using a specific category of case will let you use this up to date information.
  
  
• Firms of solicitors who undertake legal assistance work have to be registered with the Board. You can view listings of registered firms - but please note that although a firm is registered for legal aid work, they may not be taking on new client cases.
  
  
• Call our Legal Aid Helpline on 0845 122 8686 if you are finding it difficult to find a legal aid solicitor or to use our online search.
  
  
• We would welcome your comments on our find my nearest legal aid solicitor service - please send us an email with your comments - let us know what is helpful or useful, if you had problems with it, or if there is extra information you would like us to show.

Terms and conditions for using our online search

Anyone using the find my nearest service should note the following.

The Board provides information on firms who are registered to provide legal aid services, including through "find my nearest" services for the purposes of public information. Every reasonable care is taken to avoid errors and omissions. However, we will not accept responsibility for any errors and/or omissions that may occur, save for correcting the error, or making good the omission, as soon as is reasonable.

Information on firms has been provided by the solicitors' firms that are contained in the list. An entry in this list, therefore, must not be taken as implying any recommendation or endorsement by us of any kind in respect of any of the solicitors' firms contained therein.

The "find my nearest solicitor" service allows you to enter a postcode or placename to view their nearest stores or outlets as icons on a map. The nearest service is calculated using advanced mathematical techniques through a third party, and we take no responsibility for any errors in how the nearest service is determined or shown.

The accuracy of the advice provided by all firms mentioned on these pages or on other sites to which these pages are linked, is the responsibility of the particular organisation, company or individual and no responsibility is accepted by us for inaccurate or misleading advice provided by such companies, organisations or individuals.

In addition, you should also read the terms and conditions about using this website.