UNISON Direct 0845 355 0845

Advice and Representation at the Police Station and Courts

If you need advice and representation at the Police Station or in the Magistrates or Crown Court on matters relating to your work, then UNISON will arrange for Thompsons to help you.

Thompsons provide a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week service for Police

Station advice and representation and have successfully represented many

UNISON members in a wide range of cases over many years.

If you need help during the day, you will need to complete a CR form, which you can obtain from your branch office. You will be referred straight away to a specialist lawyer for advice.

If you need emergency help out of hours then call the dedicated emergency helpline number 0800 587 7530 Emergency advice and representation will be immediately arranged for you.

Free Initial Advice on Other Matters

UNISON membership means that you can obtain 30 minutes of free initial advice from Thompsons on any other matter, such as consumer issues, debt, neighbour disputes and family difficulties.

All you need to do to access this service is ring UNISON Direct.

Employment Rights

UNISON has an extensive network of very experienced full time officials who will help you and your branch officials with employment rights problems.

Where UNISON considers that your case requires legal input, they will instruct Thompsons to advise and, where appropriate, represent you.

Thompsons’ Employment Rights Unit is renowned throughout the UK for its leading work on behalf of Trades Union members and has fought cases at local Tribunals right through to the European Court to protect existing workers’ rights and to secure additional rights for workers in every area of employment law.