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| service | We provide free money advice services within the following fields: • eviction • income maximization: benefits • income maximization: compensation • income maximization: employment law • legal education and prevention
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| provider | Govan Law Centre (GLC) provides a range of free specialist money advice services within the south west of Glasgow. Advice & representation is undertaken by qualified solicitors, and regulated by the Law Society of Scotland. Where queries can be better dealt with by a generalist money advice agency our policy is to make appropriate referrals. Prospective solicitors undertake 3 or 4 years full-time under-graduate legal study (LLB), followed by 1 year full-time post-graduate study (Dip LP), followed by a legal apprenticeship over 2 years. No solicitor can practice on his or her own account until they have 3 years of qualified experience. GLC operates a robust internal complaints policy, and externally complaints are independently adjudicated by the Law Society of Scotland, and the Legal Services Ombudsman for Scotland. GLC adheres to the Law Society of Scotland's recommended quality assurance and risk management practice. Over and above this GLC has an internal quality assurance scheme. |
| free resources | This site contains a range of money advice tools & resources within the following areas of practice: • too much debt? - step by step debt management information & advice • glc income & expenditure budgeting calculator • glc money advice calculators • benefit rates for 2003/04 (and 2002/03 comparison) • preventing mortgage repossession • diligence (arrestment) • income maximisation: compensation • where to find free help in Scotland • where to find free help in England & Wales • where to find free help in Northern Ireland • where to find free help in Ireland
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GLC provides free legal services at the point of delivery due to core funding (40%) from Glasgow City Council. GLC provides 35% of its own funding through casework, litigation, consultancy, training and conferences. The Scottish Executive provides 25% of funding, which is ring-fenced for GLC's Education Law Unit.