Private Individuals’ Eligability And Guidence
Examples of legal matters our volunteers can help with include:
Clinical negligence – Problems with your medical care and treatment
Community care – You’re unhappy with the care you or a relative are getting due to disability, age or special educational needs
Debt – Bankruptcy, repossession, mortgage debt that is putting your home at risk
Domestic abuse – Abuse at home (psychological, physical, financial, sexual or emotional), child abuse, harassment by an ex-partner, forced marriage
Discrimination – Being treated unfairly because of eg your race, gender or sexual orientation
Education – Special educational needs, problems with school places, exclusions, learning difficulties
Employment – Being treated unfairly at work, unfair dismissal, employment tribunals
Family – Divorce, separation, dissolution, financial arrangements, family mediation, arrangements for your children, children being taken into care, child abduction
Housing – Eviction, homelessness, losing your rented home, rent arrears, harassment by a landlord or neighbour, health and safety issues with your home
Immigration and asylum – Applying for asylum or permission to stay in The Gambia, including for victims of human trafficking
Mental health – Help with mental health and mental capacity legal issues
Personal injury – An accident that was not your fault
Public law – Taking legal action against a public body, like your local council
Trouble with the police and other public authorities – You’ve been treated wrongly by the police or other authorities with the power to detain, imprison or prosecute you.
If you have a problem and need legal advice to resolve it, you may be able to get help from a legal adviser or an organisation which specialises in your problem.