Solicitors in Ealing, London
Finding a solicitor in Ealing
If you need legal help, the hard part is often knowing where to start. This page is a guide to finding and checking a solicitor in Ealing, London. When you look for solicitors Ealing residents can use, official sources help you avoid guesswork.
Three routes are worth knowing.
- The SRA Solicitors Register lets you look up the solicitors and law firms the SRA regulates. You can check whether somebody is a solicitor and where they work.
- The Law Society Find a Solicitor service searches by organisation or person, name or SRA ID, location, area of practice and legal issue.
- The “Find a legal aid adviser or family mediator” service 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.
However, none of these depends on the borough you choose. The SRA’s ‘Choosing a solicitor’ page also tells consumers to check the Solicitors Register, so that is a sensible place to begin.
Courts and tribunals for Ealing
Some legal problems end up in court, so it helps to know where. Ealing Magistrates’ Court is at The Court House Green Man Lane Ealing W13 0SD. The Find a court service lists it as handling crime and the single justice procedure.
Find a Court or Tribunal on GOV.UK gives each court or tribunal’s address, opening times, what it handles and contact details. Use it to see which court handles a case. Since courts differ in what they handle, check the service before you travel.
Free and low-cost legal help in Ealing
The Law Centres Network lists Ealing Law Centre. It says Law Centres help people in poverty overcome legal problems, and it lists all Law Centres across the UK on one page.
Ealing Council’s official website also has a page titled “Benefits and financial support” and a page titled “Cost of living support and advice”. For example, these may help if money worries sit behind your problem, although they are the council’s pages and not legal advice.
If you cannot get legal aid, GOV.UK points to free advice from the Law Centres Network, Citizens Advice and AdviceNow. The GOV.UK “Check if you can get legal aid” service 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. Since a legal adviser applies for legal aid for you, you cannot apply on your own.
Common reasons to look for a solicitor
People look for a solicitor for many kinds of task, so each area below has its own page.
- Family law covers matters such as divorce and arrangements for children.
- Conveyancing is the legal work in buying or selling a home.
- Wills and probate covers making a will and dealing with an estate.
- Employment law covers problems at work, such as a dismissal.
- Immigration covers applications about the right to stay in the UK.
- Criminal defence is for people who face a criminal charge.
- Dispute resolution covers disagreements over money or contracts.
- Personal injury covers claims after an accident or injury.
If you are buying a home, our guide to using a solicitor outside London for a London property may also help.
Checking that a solicitor is regulated
Legal Choices says the SRA keeps watch over all solicitors in England and Wales and the firms they work for. It also says the SRA 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 law firms and people it regulates. As a result, the register is the right place to confirm a firm before you instruct it. Our check-a-solicitor page shows you how to do this.