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The Social Welfare department at Paul Dodds Solicitors deals with issues relating to welfare benefits, debt and housing.
Our welfare benefits department is ready to provide you with simple to understand but expert professional advice and assistance if you find it difficult to make sense of matters such as your entitlement to benefit or a demand for repayment of overpaid benefit that you can not pay or do not accept.
We deal with all aspects of welfare benefits law including entitlement to benefits, appeals against refusal to pay benefit, overpayments and fraud.
Most of us will have some debt. As our circumstances change, through loss of employment, relationship breakdown or ill health, our ability to service that debt is often impaired. The future can look bleak. However, with professional advice and assistance from Paul Dodds Solicitors it doesn’t have to be that way.
Our debt department deals with all aspects of debt law including Individual Voluntary Agreements (IVA) and bankruptcy. We can help you to minimise your debt and to maximise your income.
Our housing department is designed to meet the needs of landlords, tenants and home owners. We deal with all aspects of housing law including homelessness, possession proceedings and relocation.
We offer expert advice in the specialised area of Housing law. We're a member of several housing court duty solicitor schemes and we are recognised within the region for offering very good quality advice in these subjects.
At some point in their lives, virtually everyone has community care needs, whether it is as an individual or as a carer. At its heart, community care concerns the provision of assistance to allow vulnerable people with special needs to live independently, either in their own, or in residential care, homes. Consequently, community care law impacts on healthcare, welfare benefits, education, social services, housing and, fundamentally, human rights.
Our Community Care Law department is ready to provide you with expert professional advice and assistance on the provision of health care and social care assistance to vulnerable people. We can also advise on how the provision of services can be financed and how any charges that may be levied against you by care providers can be paid.
Our Social Welfare department undertakes cases for private clients and legal aid work for those who qualify.
Our Social Welfare specialists' knowledge of the law is constantly updated so that we can better provide the outstanding level of service that our clients demand and deserve.
The department is headed by Julie Hodge, a solicitor with an extensive knowledge of the law and substantial experience in social welfare matters.
To make an appointment with Julie Hodge contact reception on (0191) 2636200 extension 201.
Alternatively contact Julie directly by telephone or email
Julie Hodge
T: (0191) 2598106
E: julie.hodge@pauldodds.co.uk