Family Representation

If you are having to represent yourself in court and cannot afford a lawyer we have a number of schemes that may help.

The current schemes are:

Family Public Law Duty Scheme - this scheme is delivered by qualified family solicitors. A public law family solicitor is based in our office on the 4th floor of the Central London Family Court each week day. They can help you if you are in court for a hearing where a Local Authority is applying to take your child into care. The solicitor will represent you on the day then talk to you about applying for legal aid to assist you further with your case.

Please email familytriage@rcjadvice.org.uk to be linked with a solicitor.

There will be other times when you will need representation in a family case and we will talk to you about whether you can use a fixed fee to ask a solicitor to represent you, say in a case about your children or money. We also work closely with Advocate to obtain representation at hearings or advice about a complex matter. You need to be referred to Advocate at least 3 weeks before the date of your hearing

Please see Advocate's website where you can complete the online form.