Legal Aid Agency names 21 providers to panels for education and discrimination cases

The successful firms for the contract to provide face-to-face advice in discrimination cases were:

• Bailey Wright & Co (Midlands & East).
• Bristol Law Centre (South West & Wales).
• Cambridge House and Talbot (London and South East).
• Cartwright King (Midlands & East).
• Central England Law Centre (Midlands & East).
• Deighton Pierce Glynn (London and South East; South West & Wales).
• Derbyshire Law Centre (Midlands & East).
• Kesar & Co Solicitors (London and South East).
• Kirklees Law Centre (North).
• Leigh Day & Co (London and South East).
• Merseyside Employment Law (North).
• NR Legal Solicitors (London and South East).
• South West London Law Centre (London and South East).
• Southwark Law Centre (London and South East).
• Suffolk Law Centre (Midlands & East).
• Hodge Jones & Allen (London and South East).
• Jackson Lees Group (North).

The successful firms for the contract to provide face-to-face advice in education cases were:

• Bailey Wright & Co (Midlands & East).
• Cartwright King (Midlands & East).
• Coram Children’s Legal Centre (London and South East; Midlands & East).
• G T Stewart (London and South East; North).
• Irwin Mitchell (London and South East).
• NR Legal Solicitors (London and South East).
• Simpson Millar Solicitors (London and South East; North; South West & Wales).
• Sinclairslaw (London and South East; South West & Wales).

A contract to provide specialist telephone advice on discrimination was awarded to Merseyside Employment Law, while a contract to provide specialist telephone advice on education law was handed to Simpson Millar Solicitors.