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As Sarah was on a low income and had few savings she was unable to afford a lawyer but had heard about Aston Law Clinic, a legal clinic in the LawWorks network where students at Aston University law school, working under the supervision of a supervising solicitor, provide free legal advice on business issues to start-ups, small enterprises and charities. She was given legal advice by the clinic and provided with a letter setting out her position which she sent to the shoe manufacturer’s lawyers, although they still resisted her request to allow her to use the name ‘Jammie Doodles’. The clinic found Sarah a small firm of local solicitors who were prepared to act for her on a pro bono basis and, as a result of further negotiations, the shoe manufacturer relented, on the specific condition that Sarah agreed not to make bed socks. The trademark was approved and Sarah was able to carry on with the process of growing her business. “Had they not helped me, I would have had to have thrown in the towel,” says Sarah, “I was terrified that I might end up with a huge legal bill and have to pay all of my costs and their legal costs too.
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Law Society Accredited Pro Bono Charity