Programme 3 · Rights & Access to Help
solicitor.ngo
Access-to-justice information for people in England and Wales.
Five checks before you apply or seek help
- Use official channels. Find the official service through the government’s own website (in the UK, GOV.UK) rather than through search adverts.
- Check that a professional is registered with the relevant regulator — in England, for example, the Solicitors Regulation Authority for solicitors and the General Dental Council for dentists.
- Ask for costs in writing before you agree to anything.
- Be wary of anyone who guarantees an outcome, asks for payment in unusual ways or asks you to keep the arrangement secret.
- Know how to complain: providers must explain their complaints procedure, and ombudsman services are free to use.
What this site will publish
- When you may need a solicitor and what it can cost
- Free and low-cost legal advice
- How to complain about a legal service
About us
solicitor.ngo is one of the public-interest websites of Finance Transparency CIC. Our mission is independent, plain-language information that helps households worldwide make safe decisions about their money, their living costs and their rights — especially people at risk of financial harm, scams or problem debt.
Our work is organised in three programmes:
Programme 1 · Money & Investor Protection
Savings, pensions, investing and digital assets: plain-language risk disclosure and scam prevention.
Programme 2 · Household Costs & Debt
Credit, mortgages, insurance, energy, housing, pay and education costs: understanding what you sign and where to get help.
Programme 3 · Rights & Access to HelpThis site
Legal help, migration, identity documents and health costs: official channels, your rights and free support.
Our principles
- Independent. We sell no products, carry no advertising and accept no referral commissions or funding from organisations we assess.
- Evidence-based. Every publication cites its sources, and our methodology is public.
- Fair. Organisations we name are offered a right of reply before publication, and we correct errors openly.
- Not for private gain. The company is asset-locked: its websites and domain names are used only for its community purpose and are not for sale.
- General information only. We do not give individual financial, legal or medical advice.
Our work plan
- NowLaunch pages for each site, our principles and our conflict-of-interest disclosure.
- Next 3 monthsFirst in-depth guides for each programme and a directory of free, independent help services.
- Within 6 monthsAt least one substantive publication on every site, and our first due-diligence and disclosure report.
- Every yearAn annual community interest report setting out what we published, corrections and replies received, and a financial summary.
Governance and transparency
- Operated by
- Finance Transparency CIC
- Legal form
- Community interest company limited by guarantee, being incorporated in England and Wales
- Asset lock
- Statutory: assets and surplus are used only for the community purpose; no profits are distributed to members.
- Status
- Application to incorporate submitted to Companies House and the CIC Regulator.
- Contact
- contact@solicitor.ngo
Conflicts of interest
Our founder also works in finance, including investment banking and a commercial data project on tokenised assets. The company is independent of those activities: it does not link to them, promote them or share users with them. Any related-party transaction is approved and recorded under our articles and disclosed in our annual community interest report.
Contact
For questions, corrections, a right of reply, or to work with us: contact@solicitor.ngo