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Service users and carers
Legal advice
Springfield Law Centre
Springfield Law Centre is an independent charity offering free, independent legal advice for users of South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust and their carers.
You can find us at:
Room 103
Admissions Building
Springfield University Hospital
61 Glenburnie Road
London
SW17 7DJ
Tel: 020 8767 6884
Minicom: 020 8767 6884
Internal: 42228
Fax: 020 8767 6996
Office hours
Normal office hours are from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. During these hours you can phone to arrange an appointment at the Law Centre at Springfield Hospital, at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sutton Hospital or Old Church.
Drop-in services
A drop-in service operates at the Law Centre in Springfield from 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at Room 103, Admissions Building, Springfield University Hospital.
Drop-in advice sessions are also held at Queen Mary's Hospital and Sutton Hospital and the Old Church National Deaf Services. Please contact the Law Centre for details of these sessions.
Disabled access
The Law Centre is accessible to people using wheelchairs.
Translators
If English is not your first language and you feel unable to discuss your problem in English, we can arrange an interpreter by prior arrangement.
Areas of work:
The Springfield Law Centre offers specialist advice, casework and representation on the following areas, as well as general advice on other legal problems:
Mental health
- Routes to discharge under Mental Health Act 1983
- Appeal to Mental Health Review Tribunal
- Appeal to hospital managers
- Compulsory detention
- Consent to treatment
- Other mental health issues
Housing
- Homelessness
- Rent arrears
- Possession proceedings
- Harassment
- Tenancy rights
- Disrepair
- Rehousing
Debt
- Council tax arrears
- Electricity/gas debts
- Magistrates court fines
- TV licence
- Enforcement proceeedings
- Count Court Action
- Consumer credit debts
- Water charges
Who are we?
Springfield Law Centre is an independent charity run by a management committee responsible for employing staff members. The management committee is comprised of user representatives of the South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, local voluntary organisations and individuals.
