Legal advice
People with MS may face a range of legal problems as a consequence of having multiple sclerosis - in work, housing, access to services - and it can sometimes be difficult to know whether they have any legal rights they can assert to resolve these problems.
MS Trust links
Disability Law Service
An article from Open Door, the MS Trust's quarterly newsletter, written by the MS legal officer with the Disability Law Service (see below).
Other sources of information
England and Wales
Disability Law Service
An independent, national registered charity providing legal information and advice to people with a disability, their families and carers. Has has an MS Legal Officer (see above).
Community Legal Advice
A network of organisations in England and Wales offering advice about legal rights - including information on benefits, employment and health law. Participating organisations include legal aid solicitors, Citizens' Advice Bureaux, Law Centres, local authority services and other organisations.
Community Legal Advice advice line number - 0845 345 4 345
Scotland
Law Society of Scotland
Has details of solicitors in Scotland and the rules and standards for practice laid down by the Law Society.
Scottish Legal Aid Board
Maintains registers of solicitors who are registered to carry out legal assistance work.
Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice can refer people to organisations offering free legal help.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
Promotes fair and equal access to justice in Northern Ireland and provides publicly funded legal services.