Shelter
Shelter, with regulatory reference number 407805, is not regulated by an approved regulator for legal services. Although it appears on the SRA register due to its employment of SRA-regulated individuals, the organisation itself is not authorised by the SRA to provide legal services. Please note that related legal entities might be authorised.
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Offices
Legal aid at this office
Debt · 1 procurement area
- Birmingham
Housing · 1 procurement area
- Birmingham
Town Hall Street
Blackburn
BB2 1AG
Legal aid at this office
Debt · 1 procurement area
- East Lancashire
Housing · 1 procurement area
- East Lancashire
Housing Loss Prevention · 1 court scheme
- HLPAS - Burnley
Legal aid at this office
Debt · 1 procurement area
- City of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset
Housing · 1 procurement area
- City of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset
Housing Loss Prevention · 1 court scheme
- HLPAS - Bath, Bristol
Legal aid at this office
Debt · 1 procurement area
- Liverpool
Housing · 1 procurement area
- Liverpool
London
London
EC1V 9HU
Legal aid at this office
Debt · 1 procurement area
- Islington
Housing · 1 procurement area
- Islington
Public Law · 1 procurement area
- London
5 Watson Street
Manchester
M3 4EE
Legal aid at this office
Debt · 1 procurement area
- Manchester
Housing · 1 procurement area
- Manchester
Housing Loss Prevention · 1 court scheme
- HLPAS - Manchester
Legal aid at this office
Debt · 1 procurement area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Housing · 1 procurement area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Legal aid at this office
Debt · 1 procurement area
- Norfolk
Housing · 1 procurement area
- Norfolk
Housing Loss Prevention · 1 court scheme
- HLPAS - Norwich, Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth
Buckwell Street
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 2DA
Legal aid at this office
Debt · 1 procurement area
- Sheffield
Housing · 1 procurement area
- Sheffield
Housing Loss Prevention · 2 court schemes
- HLPAS - Doncaster
- HLPAS - Sheffield
Legal Aid
Legal aid is publicly funded help with legal costs in England and Wales, run by the Legal Aid Agency. Firms hold a separate contract for each category of law they cover, and whether someone qualifies depends on their financial means and the type of case. Shelter appears in the agency's published data as a provider in the categories below.
Help with priority debts that put your home or essentials at risk.
Debt legal aid is restricted to priority debts where someone is at immediate risk of losing their home, essential utilities, or significant assets. It covers mortgage and rent arrears leading to possession proceedings, bailiff action on essential household goods, and bankruptcy proceedings against the family home. Routine consumer debt and credit-card arrears are not covered by legal aid; free advice for those is available through Citizens Advice and StepChange.
Available at these offices: Birmingham, Blackburn, Bristol, Liverpool and 5 more
9 procurement areas
Possession proceedings, unlawful eviction, serious disrepair, and homelessness reviews.
Housing legal aid covers urgent threats to a person's home, including mortgage and rent possession proceedings, unlawful eviction, serious disrepair posing a health risk, and reviews of homelessness decisions where the local authority has refused to house someone. Defence against anti-social behaviour proceedings and disrepair counter-claims are also in scope. Funding is means and merits tested.
Available at these offices: Birmingham, Blackburn, Bristol, Liverpool and 5 more
9 procurement areas
Judicial review challenges against decisions made by public bodies.
Public Law legal aid covers judicial review, where someone seeks to overturn a decision by a public body (central or local government, the NHS, regulators) on the grounds that it was unlawful, irrational, or made through an unfair process. Cases often involve immigration, social care, housing allocation, and human rights matters. Funding is means and merits tested; the merits test is strict given the specialist and often expensive nature of the work.
Available at these offices: London
1 procurement area
Free early advice in county court when you face a possession claim, available before and on the day of your hearing.
The Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS) provides free legal advice to anyone facing possession proceedings in county court, regardless of income, at any stage from receiving a notice up to and including the day of the hearing. HLPAS solicitors attend county court on possession days and can be approached without an appointment. The scheme covers both early legal advice to prevent a case escalating and on-the-day representation at court.
Available at these offices: Blackburn, Bristol, Manchester, Norwich and 1 more
6 court schemes
Additional Details
- SRA Number
- 407805
- Authorisation Status
- Organisation Type
- Not an SRA-regulated law practice
