Solicitors in Barnet, London
Finding a solicitor in Barnet
You need legal help and want to know where to start. This is a guide to finding and checking a solicitor in Barnet, London. Three official routes can help, and none of them depends on the borough you choose.
- Search the SRA Solicitors Register. It lets you look up the records of the solicitors and law firms the SRA regulates. You can also check whether somebody is a solicitor and where they work.
- Use the Law Society Find a Solicitor service. It searches by organisation or person, name or SRA ID, location, area of practice and legal issue.
- Try the “Find a legal aid adviser or family mediator” service. It finds legal aid advisers in England and Wales by postcode. They ask about your problem and finances to work out if you can get legal aid.
The SRA’s “Choosing a solicitor” page tells consumers to check the register. It shows whether someone is a solicitor and whether a firm is regulated. So whichever search for solicitors Barnet you start from, use the register to confirm what you find.
Courts and tribunals for Barnet
Barnet Civil and Family Courts Centre is at St Marys Court, Regents Park Road, Finchley Central, London N3 1BQ. The Find a court service lists it as handling adoption, childcare arrangements if you separate from your partner, divorce hearings, domestic abuse, Female Genital Mutilation, housing and money claims.
Hendon Magistrates’ Court is at The Court House, The Hyde, Hendon NW9 7BY. The Find a court service lists it as handling crime and the single justice procedure. However, a court’s address alone does not tell you where your case belongs. Find a Court or Tribunal on GOV.UK shows which court handles a case. It also gives each court or tribunal’s address, opening times, what it handles and contact details.
Free and low-cost legal help in Barnet
Barnet Hub Citizens Advice Bureau is listed on Citizens Advice at 40-44 Church End, Hendon NW4 4JT. The official Barnet Council website is another place to look for local council pages.
Nationally, GOV.UK offers a “Check if you can get legal aid” tool. It asks about your legal problem, income and savings. It then tells you whether to speak to someone for phone advice, or how to find a legal adviser or mediator near you. A legal adviser applies for legal aid for you, because you cannot apply on your own.
If you cannot get legal aid, GOV.UK points to free advice from the Law Centres Network, Citizens Advice and AdviceNow. The Law Centres Network says Law Centres help people in poverty overcome legal problems.
Common reasons to look for a solicitor
People look for a solicitor for different tasks. If you are unsure which kind of lawyer you need, our guide to solicitor or barrister explains the difference.
- Family law helps with tasks such as divorce.
- Conveyancing helps with buying or selling a home.
- Wills and probate helps with making a will or dealing with an estate.
- Employment law helps with problems at work.
- Immigration helps with moving to or staying in the UK.
- Criminal defence helps when you face a criminal charge.
- Dispute resolution helps with disagreements that need settling.
- Personal injury is a guide to harm after an accident.
Checking that a solicitor is regulated
Legal Choices says the SRA keeps watch over all solicitors in England and Wales and their firms. It also takes action when solicitors fall below the required standards or act dishonestly. The SRA describes its register as the definitive impartial source of information about the firms and people it regulates. Therefore, check any firm before you instruct it. Our step-by-step check of a solicitor shows how.