Esha Mahnoor

The Access to Justice Foundation

The Access to Justice Foundation is a registered charity established in 2008 by the Advice Services Alliance, Bar Council, CILEx and the Law Society to receive and distribute financial resources to help get free of charge (pro bono) legal assistance to those who need it most. The Foundation receives funding from: (i) The pro bono costs programme as the beneficiary of pro bono costs orders made by the courts in civil proceedings where the successful party was represented pro bono (ii) 'It's not just peanuts'​ campaign under which law firms donate their unclaimed client account balances; (iii) General donations. Any funds received are ploughed back into the pro bono community with the Foundation distributing them to advice services including Law Centres, CABx, and Legal Support Trusts.