Free Legal advice
CAN has teamed up with LawWorks to provide free legal advice to the CAN network.
LawWorks for Community Groups provides pro bono business law advice to community groups, not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises. Through a network of volunteer lawyers they act as a broker between groups who need legal help and lawyers who are willing to provide the help for free.
LawWorks can help with:
- Company law advice: advice on contracts; how to incorporate the organisation as a company limited by guarantee; updating and amending the organisation's constitutional documents.
- Employment law advice: drafting, reviewing and updating employment contracts and staff handbooks.
- Intellectual property law advice: advice on registering a trademark and data protection issues.
- Property law advice: advice on lease terms; assistance with negotiating tenancy agreements.
They can also help with issues of: charity law; tax/VAT law; insolvency and help in drafting contingency plans; insurance law; health and safety law; general contractual / commercial matters etc.
You can apply to us using our online application form. Project staff review the application and help you understand the scope of advice required. If the application is approved, we then try and match you with a volunteer legal advisor who provides the legal advice for free. Once accepted, you will be a client of the firm but we are on hand to deal with any problems.
The online application form can be found on the LawWorks site where you can also see more information about the project, including our criteria for acceptance.
Alternatively, if you have a quick inital legal questions that needs answering, you can fill in an Initial Electronic Advice (IEA) form. This service is only available to the CAN Network. Log in (or register) to access this form.
If there is a particular support service you would find useful to your organisation or have a service you could provide to our customers, please email marketing@can-online.org.uk