Repossessed Homes Legal Advice Fund Doubled

With so many property repossessions occurring in UK, the Government is providing extra funding for free legal advice at courts. The fund which currently stands at £750,000 has been doubled to £1.5 million.

This means that all courts in England now provide free legal advice for people who attend repossession hearings in court. Legal services previously funded the Repossessed Homes desks at court, but this injection of government money has helped double the number of desks in English crown courts. (more…)