Anywhere I can approach for legal advice?

[Scruff]

IPSE are there to help and provide assistance to its members. As a Contractor, there are numerous other benefits available to you, too.

[eek]

So join. Benefits start when you do.

Surely IPSE won’t take on pre-existing cases unless it’s of interest to them?

[v8gaz]

Surely IPSE won’t take on pre-existing cases unless it’s of interest to them?

OP was looking for legal advice. That's always available. Nobody appears to be asking IPSE to 'take on a case'.

[charred123]

So join. Benefits start when you do.

wow cool, let me investigated further. thanks so much!

[oilboil]

OP was looking for legal advice. That's always available. Nobody appears to be asking IPSE to 'take on a case'.

Absolutely - advice is one thing - exposure is another

Their advice could well be - "Sounds interesting and you probably have a case but we can't help (except on a T&M hourly rates basis) because you didn't have membership at the time of the issue"

[malvolio]

Absolutely - advice is one thing - exposure is another

Their advice could well be - "Sounds interesting and you probably have a case but we can't help (except on a T&M hourly rates basis) because you didn't have membership at the time of the issue"

No. They will advise on points of law, which is what the OP is looking for. They cannot advise on individual contracts on the basis that (a) they have no visibility of the overall contractual nexus and (b) they cannot offer legally qualified opinion over the phone anyway.

In other words they give an expert view of the situation. What you do with it is up to you; it may of course include hiring a solicitor, but that would be an informed decision.

Also it's a membership service. Other than active cases (and even then there have been exceptions, such as Arctic Systems) IPSE have never said they won't handle pre-existing events.