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Find a public notary

The function of notaries is to prepare and certify the execution of legal documents for use nationally and internationally. Please click here to go to a list of public notaries. This will open as a pdf. This list is subject to change. Visit www.thenotariessociety.org.uk for further information.


Free Legal Advice

The Citizens Advice Bureau
The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from 3,300 locations, and by influencing policymakers. It has trained volunteers who can deal with benefits, debt, employment, housing and legal issues.

Tel: 0844 848 7700 (advice line) available Mon – Thu 10.00am – 12.00pm
Web: www.citizensadvice.org.uk

The city centre CAB is based at
State House
1st Floor
22 Dale Street
LIVERPOOL
Merseyside
L2 4TR

Law Centres
Law Centres specialise in social welfare law which includes: welfare rights; disability rights; immigration and asylum; housing and homelessness; employment rights; community care; and all forms of discrimination. Other areas of work vary according to local need and may include public law, mental health, education rights and young people and children’s rights. Each Law Centre employs solicitors, barristers, legal advisers and community workers.

The Liverpool Law Centre is based at:

Vauxhall Training and Entreprise Centre
Silvester Street
Liverpool
L5 8SE
Telephone: 0151 482 2001
Fax: 0151 207 4948

Legal Aid
The Legal Services Commission runs the legal aid scheme in England and Wales.

The government provides funding for legal aid to help people:

  • protect their basic rights and get a fair hearing
  • access the court process to sort out disputes 
  • solve problems that contribute to social exclusion.

For new Legal Aid enquiries:
Community Legal Advice is a helpline offering free, confidential and independent legal advice. They can help with debt, employment, benefits and tax credits, housing and education problems if you live on a low income or benefits.

Help is available on 0845 3454 345 from 9am to 6:30pm Monday to Friday

Tel: 0845 3454 345
Web: http://www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk

For existing enquiries for people already on Legal Aid in the Merseyside area:

Phone and email

Address
Cavern Walks
8 Mathew Street
Liverpool, L2 6RE
DX 14208 Liverpool 1

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Register of firms which no longer exist.

If you are looking for a firm which no longer appears to be in business, Liverpool Law Society keeps limited records for firms in the Merseyside area. Please contact 0151 236 6998 and choose the General Enquiries option for further information.
A comprehensive list of out-of-practice firms is kept by the Law Society of England and Wales in London. Telephone 0870 606 2500 and ask for the Records Dept.

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Looking for a will

You may contact the Probate Registry at the following address:
The Record Keeper,
Principal Registry of the Family Division,
First Avenue House,
42 - 49 High Holborn,
London WC1V 6NP

Tel 020 7947 7000
Web: http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/index.htm

For up to date information on cost and what details you need to have, please contact the Probate Registry direct. The Probate Service does not hold any records or documents prior to 1858. If you require information about these, you are recommended to contact:

The National Archives,
Kew,
Richmond,
Surrey, TW9 4DU
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Tel: +44 (0) 020 8392 5330

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Complaints

Complaints against solicitors

If you are dissatisfied with the service of your solicitor, you should first put the complaint in writing to solicitors’ firm. We do not perform a regulatory function in respect of our members but as a local law society we do provide a conciliation service (within the Liverpool/Wirral area only) for our members and their firms for complaints made by clients.

You must put your complaint in writing to the Complaints Partner or to the Complaints Manager at the solicitor’s firm where an “in-house” complaints procedure should be followed. If you have a copy of a formal engagement letter or an information sheet provided at the outset of the work that your solicitor undertook, you should refer to this, as it should contain details of their complaints procedure. Keep copies of all the correspondence and allow 14 days for a reply.

If you need advice regarding complaints or if you feel that conciliation will not provide a suitable means of dealing with your complaint, you should contact the Law Society’s Legal Complaints Service on 0845 608 6565, or visit their website www.legalcomplaints.org.uk or alternatively write to them at Victoria Court, 8 Dormer Place, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5AE,.

The Legal Complaints Service is the official complaints body which covers solicitors in England and Wales. Click here to go to their website.

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Complaints against barristers

The Bar Council is the official representative body for barristers. For general enquiries, please telephone 0207 242 0082. If you have a complaint against a barrister, please contact their Complaints Dept. on 0207 440 4000.

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Complaints against legal executives

The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) is the official body for qualified Legal Executives and can deal with complaints against them. Their website is at www.ilex.org.uk

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Other useful links and contacts:

The Law Society is the professional body for solicitors in England and Wales. It serves society by working to improve access to the law providing services and support for solicitors and setting the standards that underpin the profession's reputation as the best independent professional advisers. Visit their site at www.thelawsociety.org.uk

Trust and Estate Practitioners: The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) is the professional body for the trust and estate profession worldwide. STEP members are experts from the legal, accounting and banking professions and their website can help you to find an expert in your area.
The site can be found here: www.step.org

The Land Registry : The web site www.landreg.gov.uk provides information about the Land Registry, forms for lodging applications, and publications offering guidance on a range of subjects. They are also able to provide a range of additional facilities for their customers who have particular needs.

The site also offers a property price database where you can find average prices of residential property in England and Wales. For information about Land Registration in Scotland please visit the Registers of Scotland.

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Liverpool Law Society is an independent local law society and is not part of The Law of England and Wales.

The Society does not provide any services or advice for members of the public. The following information, however, may be useful.

(Please note that by clicking the links below, you will be leaving this website. Liverpool Law Society does not accept responsibility for the content of external websites).

Complaints against solicitors, barristers and legal executives

The Legal Complaints Service

This is the official complaints body which covers solicitors in England and Wales. Click here to go to their website.

The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)

This is the official body for qualified Legal Executives and can deal with complaints against them. Their website is at www.ilex.org.uk

The Bar Council

The bar council is the official representative body for barristers. For general enquiries, please telephone 0207 242 0082. If you have a complaint against a barrister, please contact their Complaints Dept. on 0207 440 4000.

 

Other useful links and contacts:

The Law Society

This is the professional body for solicitors in England and Wales. It serves society by working to improve access to the law providing services and support for solicitors and setting the standards that underpin the profession's reputation as the best independent professional advisers. Visit their site at www.thelawsociety.org.uk
 

Finding a solicitor

The solicitors-on-line website is part of the Law Society's website (see above) and has a search facility enabling you to find solicitors who deal with specific areas of the law, e.g. Family Law, Housing Landlord and Tenant, Convenancing. Visit www.solicitors-online.com

Firms which no longer exist

If you are looking for a firm which no longer appears to be in business, Liverpool Law Society keeps limited records for firms in the Merseyside area. Please contact 0151 236 6998 and choose the General Enquiries option for further information.

A comprehensive list of out-of-practice firms is kept by the Law Society of England and Wales in London. Telephone 0870 606 2500 and ask for the Records Dept.

Trust and Estate Practitioners

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) is the professional body for the trust and estate profession worldwide. STEP members are experts from the legal, accounting and banking professions and their website can help you to find an expert in your area.
The site can be found here: www.step.org

The Land Registry

The web site www.landreg.gov.uk provides information about the Land Registry, forms for lodging applications, and publications offering guidance on a range of subjects.

They are also able to provide a range of additional facilities for their customers who have particular needs. The site also offers a property price database where you can find average prices of residential property in England and Wales.

For information about Land Registration in Scotland please visit the Registers of Scotland.

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