JAFLAS Dr Alan Blacker & Co. 

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Welcome!

JAFLAS - Turning Law into Justice - helping commercial, charity and marginalised clients in a charity setting with full professional services across the board.

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Still here - Still serving

 0203 47 999 57 

Our office number

Business hours

Mon-Thur 9-5 pm Fri 10-2 pm.

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Out of hours 07981 527693

All calls are recorded for legal, safeguarding and client safety purposes in accordance with our privacy policy.

Calls cost the same as any other 02 or 07 number respectively and are included as free minutes in phone contracts.

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New! Evening sessions on a Monday and Thursday evening from 6 pm till 8 pm - just book using the blue buttons.

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We are multidiscipline chambers and legal advice centres, providing professional legal care to companies, charities, not for profits and private individuals.

In order to make justice accessible, we offer free legal help to pensioners, the disabled, the ill, the incarcerated, and veterans. A pension or benefit appeal, a criminal matter, contact or educational issues, or any other issue concerning the elderly, disabled, or those who are vulnerable due to poverty, could fall under this heading. Over twenty thousand people (in total) have been helped by us to achieve justice in their lives and to achieve real and effective change and we have represented over eleven thousand clients to date.

Dr Alan Blacker & Co is the HMRC registered trading subsidiary of

The Joint Armed Forces Legal Advocacy Service.

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We are the nations leading Legal Advice Service for those who are vulnerable or who work with the socially marginalised. Helping disabled individuals or charities.

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We provide a suite of services including:

A wide range of consulting services for several industries not least the legal and educational.

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Dispute resolution for individuals

Dispute resolution for companies, charities and organisations

Criminal Advocacy

Trusts and Estates 

Legal advice for individuals, charities and businesses.

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Specialist legal and business advice to schools, teachers, SEN departments and anyone going into further or higher education or training as a professional.

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Top-rank services to commercial clients too. 

And they impact our work knowing their contributions go to fund our pro bono services. 

We represent over a hundred and fifty businesses, as in-house counsel.  From airlines to aerial fitters to train companies to medical research new starts.

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Business Reorganisation and Insolvency Service

for all types of commercial enterprise and use the best practitioners from around the UK to help restructure and save corporations from closure - saving businesses means saving jobs means saving futures.

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Specialist Benefit Appeal Unit

to help with assessing your prospects of success in making

** Mandatory Reconsideration applications **

 ** Applications out of time **

** Appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal **

** Applications for leave to appeal to the Upper Tier  Tribunal **

** Upper-tier Tribunals **

Ask for help now - don't delay.

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An independent consumer ombudsman and civil arbitration scheme as well as mediation and conciliation.

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JAFLAS is an approved referral agency from SSAFA Forces Help and receives support from many Royal British Legion caseworkers as well as many other veterans charities.

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We provide services on a range of pro bono, traditional and after the event funding agreements and a range of variations in between to suit your needs.

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Some of the areas we cover for legal clients:

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• Medical Law and Personal Injury

• Criminal and Civil Law

• Police law

• Family law

• Disputes over wills and estates

• Welfare benefits and tribunals

• Education law

• Employment law

• Children and Child Protection

• Special Educational Needs

• Mental health

• Charity law

• Commercial law

• Commercial dispute resolution

• Settling estates and tax planning

• Trusts and Probate

• Business restructuring and insolvency

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We provide a comprehensive litigation and advice service covering all civil and criminal areas of law.

Some of the independent experts we can supply:

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• fraud matters

• special educational needs

• disability matters

• education law

• road traffic industry

• rail traffic industry

• engineering 

• emergency medical care

• pre-hospital care

• welfare benefit appeals

• criminal defences

• and many more

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Legal Aid rates are available.

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Some of our specialist reporting areas:

Clinical Epidemiology

Forensic psychoanalysis, pathophysiology and psychiatry.

Special educational needs and mental health.

Physical disabilities and complexes.

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JAFLAS Dr Alan Blacker & Co. a registered UK charity was founded in 2000 (incorporated in 2011, registered in 2014) with a single mission: to be the most successful, creative and ground-breaking legal advocacy and consulting agency in the United Kingdom for the socially disadvantaged.

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"Your country doesn't care about you at all, at all; you don't have any rights, we made them up, like the boogie man, Pinocchio, stuff like that. They are imaginary, cute and fictional." -

George Carlin. 

http://tiny.cc/2fztsz - something to dwell upon.

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Whilst we agree with the sentiment, we strive to prove him wrong every day. ( about the rights that is, the country not caring is a given.)

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Providing the same level and standards of service as our mainstream competitors, but for free at the point of demand; we approach each of our clients with fresh eyes to develop customized, unique strategies which have minimal impact on the lives of our vulnerable clients and provide the widest range of outcomes.

Though we’ve grown since our founding, we’re still the same agency at heart.

We provide help to not for profits and charities too as well as commercial clients who fund our work.

Let us help make your dreams a reality.

Are you ready to set your brand or business on the path to success?

Give us a call today and see what we can do for you.

Paul Bohill - Chairman.

Star of "Can't pay - we'll take it away!"

Our web chat is open.

Tuesday 11:00 till 14:00

Our offices are open from 9 to 5 Monday to Thursday and 10 till 2 pm Friday.

0203 47 999 57

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Please book an appointment if you would like a guaranteed appointment time.

Our business is based on providing professional guidance and solutions, which means we receive many questions from clients. Check out a few of our most common inquiries below. If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for, let us know and we’ll find it for you. Every question is important to us, so don’t hesitate in reaching out.

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We are accredited as being a Disability Confident awardee and treat all clients with care, empathy and respect.

Feel free to hit the chat now button for immediate help.

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Our clients are surveyed at the end of their case or instruction.

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We are currently running at 

100%

of clients surveyed in the last year

are Extremely Satisfied

with the work, we have done for them.

MORE THAN ELEVEN THOUSAND HAPPY CLIENTS

We also have 3292 subscribers to our mailing list 

independently verified.

HOW DO I KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHT CONSULTING AGENCY FOR ME?

Because we provide services from the widest range of people at the top of thier profession, all who are willing to work on a pro bono - free or after the event basis, so you either only cover the disbursements like experts fees and court costs (if you cant gain full fee remission) and our professionals are able to provide initial advice for free.

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All our recovered fees and costs go to sustain this free service for the vulnerable.

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All our experts have or are: -

• An impeccable reputation

• Highly experienced

• Ability to deliver high quality advice

• Agile and comfortable in a courtroom setting

• Fully qualified

HOW ARE YOU FUNDED?

We provide free initial advice and then try and find volunteer lawyers and experts to help the most vulnerable in our society. Over ninety per cent of our funding comes from voluntary subscriptions, memberships and donations. Without this vital income, we could not operate.

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We work on many different types of after the event funding, from conditional fee agreements, damages based agreements and a whole lot more.

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In litigation cases, if we win, we recover the bulk of our costs from the other side. We also recover our costs from public funds and from insurance policies but our main objective is to provide free advice and support and recovering costs is low down on our priorities.

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Your exposure and risk will be our highest priority and we will keep both eyes on the financial side of your matter from day one.

I AM REALLY DESPERATE AND I NEED HELP YESTERDAY

This is a common feature of our work - don't worry! We will help you get things into perspective and if we can help you will quickly feel in control again.

Our expert professionals are all used to working under extremes of pressure.

Once we start helping you will be provided with a long term strategy and options with up to the minute advice and opinion as your matter develops.

We are with you every step of the way.

HOW DO I KNOW I AM GETTING GREAT SERVICE?

As well as our own board of trustees who meet regularly to discuss your case progress, our experts have thier own quality control processes and you can bring your concerns to our attention or thiers by telephone, email or letter and we will respond either the same or the next day. We also provide a fully comprehensive complaint and greivance procedure and your case is fully insured.

Ready to apply?   Make a full application by filling out the form below and emailing it back. If you need help filling in forms just ask.

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Civil Law areas

Actions Against The Police

Commercial disputes and resolution

Contractual Disputes

Defamation

Education law

Employment

Insolvency

Land & Property Disputes

Disputed Probate and estate disputes

Landlord & Tenant

Licensing

Personal Injury

Professional Conduct

Professional Negligence

Sports & Media

Tax Tribunals

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Criminal Law areas

Bribery & Corruption

Business Crime

Confiscation

Drug Offences

Extradition

Firearms

Fraud

Homicide

International Criminal Law

Magistrates court hearings

Military Law

Money Laundering

Motoring law and traffic offences

Prison Law

Sexual Offences

Theft & Dishonesty Offences

Violent Crime

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Family law areas

Adoption

Children Private Law

Children Public Law

Civil Partnerships

Domestic Violence

Education law

Female Genital Mutilation

Forced Marriage

Inheritance Act Disputes

International Child Abduction

Judicial Review

Matrimonial Finance

Mediation

TLATA & Cohabitation

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Immigration and citizenship

Administrative Review

Appeals

Article 8 ECHR

Asylum

Bail

Business Immigration

Citizenship Challenges

Deportation

Entry Clearance

European (EEA) Law

Family Reunion

Fresh Claims

Human Rights Claims

Immigration Offences

Judicial Review

Nationality Applications

Points Based System

Trafficking Claims

Unaccompanied Minors

Unlawful Detention

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Inquests and coronial law

Article 2

Fatalities In Health Care Institutions

Fatalities In Police Custody

Fatalities In Prison Custody

Fatalities Of Children & Young People

Mental Health Tribunals

Particular areas of speciality:

        Human Rights, Social Justice, Mental Health and Vulnerable People.

Children and education law including child protection and children with learning disabilities. 

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Psychological injury and Severe Physical Injury.

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Military law and armed forces discipline and grievance procedures.

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Employment Law.  Family law. Consumer Law, civil and criminal.  Criminal Law.

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Charity, Company, Commercial, Administrative Law and Public Law.

We are experienced as an Arbitrator, we also practice mediation, conciliation and adjudication.

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Our panel members sit as an Ombudsman on the Independent Ombudsman Service.

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Our DG sits as a Third Tier appeal judge on education law cases.

We are an Independent examiner and expert for all charities.

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Charity Books and Forensic reports for advice, audit or investigation.

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Advising individuals, charities and commercial clients.

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FORENSIC SERVICES

WHEN YOU NEED TO KNOW

Clients often approach us with a general idea of what they need but have no idea where to get the help they deserve. We help with finding the right expert for your needs from civil engineers and architects to forensic accountants and specialist educational psychologists. The range of experts we provide is too long to list here - just ask!

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