Welfare Rights & Social Security Law

Hackney Community Law Centre (HCLC) offers a specialist service in welfare rights and social security law.

Our solicitors can advise and assist you to understand the complex process of claiming benefits and also ensuring that you claim what is rightfully yours

If a decision goes against you – we can help you challenge that. We can help you prepare a case to the First Tier Tribunal.

If you are not successful at the First-Tier Tribunal we can also assist you in your case to the next level, the Upper Tribunal, and where necessary the High Court.

Apart from representation we also take on many complex cases referred to us by other agencies such as the Citizens Advice Bureau, and local solicitors’ firms.

We can advise and represent on all social security law, including entitlement to all benefits, backdating, suspensions and overpayments.

We offer initial advice through our telephone advice line and we provide advice about some of the following issues that arise:

• I have received a letter saying my benefit has stopped – what can I do?
• I have been asked to attend a medical by the DWP – what advice can you give?
• I have been told I am fit to work - What can I do?
• I have been told I have been paid too much benefit in the past. Do I have to pay it back?
• My application for Disability Living Allowance has been refused. How can I challenge this?
• My daughter has asthma is there any financial help I can get?
• The bailiffs have wrote to me and said they are coming to remove my household goods – can they do this?
  

If you think the Law Centre might be able to help you we would ask that you contact our telephone advice line. Please phone us on 0208 985 8364. The advice line operates Monday to Friday from 10.00am to 1.00pm