Team of 3PB walkers raise money for charity

18th September 2018

A team of 13 barristers and staff from 3PB will be taking on the Oxford Legal Walk next month.

The Oxford Legal Walk is a 10km after work walk that raises funds for legal advice agencies in Oxfordshire.

The 2018 Walk will be on October 8th starting at 5.00.p m from the combined court. It will be led by HH Judge Vincent and the Sherriff of Oxford.

Bob Nightingale, founder of LLST, commended the lawyers for supporting local advice agencies saying: "In recent years life has become even harder for the most disadvantaged people. Austerity has caused hardship among the poorest people and created problems such as debt and homelessness. Often the advice agencies are the only place where those people can get help.

"2013 cuts to legal aid for many areas of welfare law mean that people who can't afford to pay a solicitor can no longer turn to high street solicitors for help with matters such as benefits, employment or disrepair. Now changes to the benefits rules for people with disabilities is creating even more pressure on the advice agencies.

"It's fantastic that local lawyers will turn out year after year to raise funds to help to ease that problem."

Please donate in support of the team here