Although many try and survive without the need to rely on the state, for some the need to obtain benefits to survive is essential. In this situation it is vital that you are able to work out the benefits that you are entitled to and to ensure that your application is properly processed. The complexity of the system and sometimes failures of certain departments in processing claims can often lead to extreme hardship ? for example where you are threatened with eviction from your home because the housing benefit you are entitled to is not being paid to your landlord. In these situations, the ability to have access to a trained Welfare Benefits lawyer can mean the difference between being homeless and having a roof over your head.

Duncan Lewis & Co have teams trained in Welfare Benefit who can provide you with the advice you need to identify the benefits to which you are entitled and can also provide you with the help you need to make sure that you actually receive those benefits.

We are experts in Welfare Benefit law and we can provide you access to a trained case worker, usually under the Legal Help scheme. This means that the costs of obtaining advice will also be covered ? so you do not have to compound the problem of not having access to the money you need to live, by paying legal fees that you can ill afford.

In addition to Welfare Benefits advice Duncan Lewis & Co has lawyers who specialise in all different areas of social welfare law. This means that we can provide a one stop service for anyone whose problems with obtaining benefits has resulted in any other problems ? for example in relation to housing or in relation to obtaining help from the local authority to deal with your requirements relating to a long term illness or disability.

To ensure that you receive proper advice and that you receive the welfare benefits that you are entitled to visit our website at duncanlewis.co.uk or contact us on 020 7923 4020.