*Free Legal Advice Services DRAFT

Civil Legal Assistance Office (Argyll and Bute)
The Civil Legal Assistance Office operates from four offices in parts of Scotland where people have had difficulty obtaining legal advice and assistance under legal aid

Argyll and Bute Council Offices
Kilmory
Lochgilphead
PA31 8RT
T: 01463 641770
E: [email protected]

Civil Legal Assistance Office (Aberdeen)
The Civil Legal Assistance Office operates from four offices in parts of Scotland where people have had difficulty obtaining legal advice and assistance under legal aid.

353 Union Street
Aberdeen
AB11 6BT
T: 01224 402330
E: [email protected]

Operate a walk-in service and appointment by telephone.

Robert Gordon University Law Clinic
The Clinic provides free legal advice to those members of society who might otherwise not be able to afford legal advice.

Area of Law covered
housing, immigration, debt, benefits, mediation, employment and consumer rights.

T: 01224 263394
E: [email protected]

Operate a Walk-in service, appointments by telephone.
No advice given via telephone.

Criteria.
Accept people who live in the Aberdeenshire area.
Can accept people out with Aberdeenshire as long as they are happy to attend an appointment at the office
Financial Criteria:
They must earn less than £25,000 a year and have less than £2,000 in savings.

Casus Omissus
A law clinic and community outreach initiative that operates in partnership with the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen.

The Aberdeen Law Project
c/o School of Law
Taylor Building
The University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen
AB24 3UB
T: 01224 272 434
E: [email protected]

Areas of Law covered.

Housing, Employment, Charity & Commerce, Consumer and Miscellaneous

DO NOT COVER
• immigration, family or criminal law matter, or
• If you are eligible for legal aid, have the means to pay for a lawyer or there is (in our view) another organisation that can assist.

Aberdeenshire

Gordon Rural Action
Their advice services and projects cover Ellon, Huntly and Inverurie and their substantial rural heartlands – Citizens Advice style service.

55 Gordon Street
Huntly
Aberdeenshire
AB54 8EQ

T: 01466 793676
E: [email protected]

Operate a walk-in service, appointments over telephone and in some cases home visits.

Dumfries and Galloway In-court Advice Service

The Advice Service deals with: housing eviction or repossession and debt problems. The project can also help you deal with a Small Claims case.

Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service
81-85 Irish Street
Dumfries
DG1 2PQ
T: 0300 303 4321
E: [email protected]

Dundee North Law Centre

Dundee North Law Centre is a Company formed to provide free advice on legal problems and concerns, and to give assistance to individuals, clubs and organisations.

101 Whitfield Drive
Dundee
DD4 0DX
T: 01382 307 230

Tayside In-court Advice Service (Dundee)
Anyone requiring assistance for a civil matter in Dundee Sheriff Court can contact the project direct or approach the in-court adviser on civil court days.

Sheriff Court
6 West Bell Street
Dundee
DD1 9AD
T: 01382 202 371
E: [email protected]