Thank you!

Law for Life would like to thank all the kind and generous people who give their time, energy and expertise to help us deliver better services for users.

2024 - 2025
  • Pam Kenworthy OBE for providing feedback on 'Unfair treatment at work - what to do'.
  • Kiara McClelland, Lucy Matthews, Ayo Salami and Libertad Seoane for providing feedback on 'How to enforce your county court judgment'.
  • Kiara McClelland for her commitment to a 9 week internship at Law for Life, where she showed interest and passion for our work and commitment to the Access to Justice sector. 
  • Natalia Schiffrin (Magistrate) and Espeth Thomson of David Gray solicitors for their feedback, expertise and advice on 'A guide to child protection for Roma parents'. 
  • David Thomas for advising on and peer reviewing 'How to deal with a section 21 eviction notice' and 'How to fix problems with your privately rented home'.
  • Matt Bass, Caroline Bowden, Robert Creighton, and Helen Anthony for their feedback, expertise and peer reviewing of 'A survival guide to family mediation'. 
2023 - 2024
  • Natalia Schiffrin, Gabriela Smolinska-Poffley of the Roma Support Group, Joanna Kostka of Lancaster University, Yvonne Blake, and Savita Narain of Family Rights Group for their expertise and feedback on 'A guide for Roma parents on what to expect when working with social workers'.
  • Marc Willers KC of Garden Court Chambers and Elspeth Thomson of David Gray Solicitors for peer reviewing 'A guide for Roma parents on what to expect when working with social workers'. 
  • Victoria Rylatt of Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP for peer reviewing 'A guide to home ownership and living together' and 'Thinking about living together? A beginner's guide'.
  • Phoebe Agyarko for her commitment to a 12 week internship at Law for Life, where she showed passion, dedication and an incredible work ethic. 
  • Rhiannon Hughes of South West London Law Centres, for her time and expertise on our 'Bidding for local authority housing' PLE training module. 
  • David Thomas for peer reviewing 'What you need to know about emergency and temporary accommodation'. 
  • Jeremy Gass, Nicky Lappin, Elizabeth O'Hara, and David Mead, UEA Law School, University of East Anglia for their feedback on 'New protest laws - a beginner's guide'.
  • Owen Greenhall, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers for peer reviewing 'Is protest still legal?'.
  • Tom Wainwright, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers, for peer reviewing 'New protest laws - a beginner's guide'.
  • Jessica Mant of Monash University for peer reviewing 'A survival guide to divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership'. 
  • Karen Dovaston for her indepth expert feedback and peer review of 'How to get a divorce or end a civil partnership'. 
  • Jenny Carter of David Gray Solicitors for peer reviewing 'How to get legal aid for a family law case'. 
  • Roni Russell Jones for her feedback on 'Pensions on divorce - a beginner's guide'.  
2022 - 2023
  • Rhys Taylor, Jenny Carter, and Melanie Bataillard-Samuel for their assistance in advising on and peer reviewing 'A survival guide to divorce or the dissolution of a civil partnership' and 'How to get a divorce or end a civil partnership without a lawyer'.
  • Melanie Bataillard-Samuel of MBS Family Law, for peer reviewing 'How to apply for a financial order without a lawyer'.
  • Polly Morgan for peer reviewing 'How to get parental responsibility without a lawyer'. 
  • David Thomas for peer reviewing 'How to fix problems at your privately rented home'. 
  • Ayo Salami for her commitment to a 12 week internship at Law for Life, where she showed fantastic initiative and interest in all the work assigned to her. 
2021 - 2022
  • David Thomas for peer reviewing 'A survival guide to what to do if you are homeless', 'How to deal with a section 21 eviction notice' and 'How to fix problems with your privately rented home'. 
  • Jessica Mant, Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University, for peer reviewing 'How to apply for parental responsibility'.
  •  Amanda Sawyer (Simpson Millar LLP), Natalia Schiffrin (Magistrate), Paul Sayers and Crina Morteanu (Luton Roma Trust), Gabriela Smolinska-Poffley (Roma Support Group), Joanna Kostka (Lancaster University), Allison Hulmes and Chris Kidd (Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Social Work Association), Cris McCurley (Ben Hoare Bell LLP), members of Parents, Families and Allies Network, and Kate Williams (Law for Life volunteer) for their feedback, expertise and advice on 'A guide to child protection for Roma parents'. 
  • Isabelle Standen and King's Legal Clinic for advising on the impact of the Covid pandemic on social work practice.
  • Katrina Deering for her work on updating our Help Directory. 
  • Sonja Dale of Keele University School of Law for peer reviewing our Witness statements and expert report guide.
  • Brett Dixon for peer reviewing How to make a small claim for injuries caused by a car accident.
  • Philippa Johnson for peer reviewing 'A survival guide to family mediation'. 
  • Melanie Bataillard-Samuel for peer reviewing 'How to make a living together agreement'. 
  • Charlotte Green for preparing an information resource for participants of our housing-rights course for survivors of domestic abuse and for her work promoting our housing training and information resources.
  • Polly Morgan, Associate Professor of Law, for peer reviewing 'A survival guide to child arrangements' and 'How to apply for a child arrangements order without a lawyer'.
  • Rhys Taylor of 36 Group Chambers, for peer reviewing 'A survival guide to living together and breaking up'. 
  • Sam Lister and John Perry of the Chartered Institute of Housing, for reviewing 'A survival guide to starting a tenancy and right to rent checks'.
2020-2021
  • Ashley Fredericks, from Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre, for peer reviewing 'How to start a civil claim', 'After you start a civil claim', 'Witness statements and expert reports', 'How to prepare a trial bundle and index', and 'How to appeal against a county court decision'.
  • Rhys Taylor for advising on and peer-reviewing 'A survival guide to pensions on divorce'.
  • The following members of and contributors to the Pension Advisory Group; Hilary Woodward, Paul Cobley, Rhys Taylor, Debora Price, Mena Ruparel, Professor Rosemary Hunter, Jo Miles, Grant Lazarus, Tom Farrell and Matthew Richardson for their expertise, advice and feedback on 'A survival guide to pensions on divorce'. 
  • Nicola Sharp and Sarah Marshall for their expertise, advice and feedback on 'A survival guide to pensions on divorce'. 
  • Renee Stanton, Hannah Noton, Sarah Underwood, Stephanie Smart, Luke Moseley, Mary Bartlam, Sue Myatt, Anne Sturdy and Angela for their feedback on 'A survival guide to pensions on divorce'. 
  • Jessica Mant, Paul Bryson, Jeremy Thompson and Natalia Schiffrin for their expertise, advice and feedback on 'Court and tribunal hearings and Coronavirus'. 
  • Laetitia Tempelman for her feedback on 'A survival guide to home ownership and living together'. 
  • Hilary Woodward, Rhys Taylor and Melanie Bataillard-Samuel for advising on and peer-reviewing 'A survival guide to home ownership and living together'. 
  • David Thomas for peer reviewing 'A survival guide to what to do if you are homeless'.
2019-2020
  • Hilary Woodward and Paul Cobley of the Pension Advisory Group for providing expertise and feedback on 'A survival guide to sorting out your finances when you get divorced'.
  • Abubakar Mehdi for reviewing our Help Directory content.
  • David Thomas for providing expertise and feedback on 'How to deal with a section 21 eviction notice'.
  • Rhiannon Jones, Shirley Mcdonagh, Matthew Bass of the PSU Exeter and staff at Nextlink Bristol for their advice and feedback on 'How to get legal aid for a family law problem'.
  • Amanda Sawyer and Jacqui Dunn, of Simpson Millar LLP, for advising on and peer reviewing 'How to get legal aid for a family law problem'.
  • Melanie Bataillard-Samuel of Expatriate Law, for advising on and peer reviewing 'Getting an international divorce'.
  • Shirley Hart, Annie Sands and Rowan Milligan for their advice and feedback on 'When the other side has a lawyer - a guide for Litigants in Person'. 
  • Paul Bryson and colleagues at Bristol Support Through Court for their advice and feedback on 'When the other side has a lawyer - a guide for Litigants in Person'. 
  • Jess Mant of Cardiff University and David Abbott of the Free Representation Unit for their expertise and feedback on 'When the other side has a lawyer - a guide for Litigants in Person'. 
  • Laura Bee of University of Leicester for peer reviewing 'Evidence needed to sue someone', 'How to settle a claim', and 'Before you sue - things you need to know about court procedure'.
  • Sheran Taylor of East Devon Citizens Advice for peer reviewing 'How to win an appeal about a Work Capability Assessment'.
  • Judith Emmett, Clare Shirtcliff and Susan May for their work drafting, editing and reviewing civil guides.