If you are having problems with a benefits issue, you could benefit from the advice of expert solicitors.
Our Benefits Law team has a wealth of experience in helping people who are having problems with benefits claims. The benefits system can be a nightmare because the rules are complex and confusing. If you have a benefits problem, we can help you to get through the benefits maze.
A large part of our work in the area of Welfare Benefits Law involves helping people whose claims for benefits like Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance (AA) have been refused.
Our welfare rights lawyers have considerable expertise in this area and give specialist advice to claimants of DLA and AA, including the growing number of elderly people who rely on these benefits. You can find out more about these benefits in our Elderly Client Services section.
We also give advice to people whose benefit has been stopped or reduced for a variety of reasons, for example because they are thought to have been working or living with someone as husband and wife.
We understand how important getting the right benefits can be for people on low incomes, or who are coping with physical or mental disability. In cases where benefits have been refused, reduced or stopped, we can help you to appeal against the decision the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has made. People going through the appeals process with the DWP usually have the choice of either a paper hearing (where the a tribunal will make a decision based on paper evidence only) or an oral hearing, where they can attend in person. An oral hearing gives you the best chance of explaining the facts of your case.
Our solicitors may not be able to attend the hearing in every case, though if the case is particularly legally complex we will try to do so. In situations like this, our welfare benefits solicitors will present your case and make legal representations on your behalf.
If you would like advice about a benefits problem contact our team for more information.