To provide a free, accessible, accountable and effective specialist service in areas of law that have the greatest impact on disadvantaged sections of the community.
Services are particularly targeted towards disadvantaged and vulnerable sections of society whose access to legal advice is often limited or non-existent.
Nottingham Law Centre is an independent charity and a company limited by guarantee.
We have a Board of Trustees who have overall responsibility for management of the Law Centre and its overall strategic direction.
Day to day management is delegated to the Manager and Senior Solicitor who are responsible for the day to day service, and the standard of the advice we provide.
Nottingham Law Centre holds the Legal Services Commission Specialist Quality Mark. This means that we have been independently inspected to ensure that both the running of the Law Centre and its advice delivery is of a consistently high standard.
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Law Centres were established because the legal aid scheme had failed to address the legal needs of the poor and disadvantaged.
There are many of areas of law where government funded legal advice is simply not available, such as for representation at Social Security and Employment Tribunals. This means that even in areas where fundamental rights are in dispute there is no access to the legal system.
Nottingham Law Centre, formerly known as Hyson Green Law Centre, has been offering independent legal advice and representation since 1982.
Nottingham Law Centre is a Company Limited by Guarantee in England and Wales, number 1732131.
Registered Office:
119 Radford Road
Hyson Green
Nottingham NG7 5DU
Registered Charity number 515776
VAT registration number
568 0028 42
Nottingham Law Centre is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority
" The increasing complexity of law and increasing inequality in our society since the 1980s has meant that access to legal remedies has remained as relevant today as it was at the start.
Recent research shows a strong link between economic and social regeneration, health inequalities, and the pattern of experience of legal problems.
Giving individuals and communities the capacity and power to take action to defend their rights is the sign of an inclusive society.
Nottingham Law Centre seeks to empower local people by promoting legal solutions to many of the problems they face. "
Manager, Nottingham Law Centre