Wiltshire Law Centre
Wiltshire Law Centre, with regulatory reference number 60107, 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
Sanford Street
Swindon
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN1 1HE
Legal aid at this office
Debt · 1 procurement area
- Wiltshire
Housing · 1 procurement area
- Wiltshire
Housing Loss Prevention · 5 court schemes
- HLPAS - Aldershot, Basingstoke
- HLPAS - Isle of Wight
- HLPAS - Portsmouth
- HLPAS - Salisbury, Swindon
- HLPAS - Winchester
Welfare Benefits · 1 procurement area
- South West & Wales
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. Wiltshire Law Centre 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: Swindon
1 procurement area
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: Swindon
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: Swindon
5 court schemes
Appeals against benefits decisions at the Upper Tribunal level.
Welfare Benefits legal aid is now restricted to appeals at the Upper Tribunal level, where there is an arguable error of law in a first-tier benefits decision. It covers appeals about Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Employment and Support Allowance, and other benefits. Earlier-stage benefits advice was removed from legal aid in 2013 and is typically handled today by Citizens Advice and specialist welfare rights services.
Available at these offices: Swindon
1 procurement area
Additional Details
- SRA Number
- 60107
- Authorisation Status
- Organisation Type
- Not an SRA-regulated law practice
