It is important that you
create the correct account based on the position
that you are using the app. If you’re using the
app as a business or in the capacity of your business,
craft, or profession, then you should create a
business account.
If you are using the app in relation to your personal affairs
or a personal private matter that is disconnected from your
capacity in a business, craft, or profession, then you
should create an individual account.
Legal Utopia provides you with the option to create or login to an account on its mobile app via Facebook. This allows you to pre-fill the information by sharing your personal information between Facebook and Legal Utopia.
Legal Utopia enables its
users to reset passwords from login. Legal Utopia
does not have access to your passwords and cannot
change them for you.
If you need to reset your password, the credentials
will be produced for you and you will not be able
to set your own new one.
This will also only be accessible via the
email address that you used for that account,
so you should keep this secure.
This is to maintain adequate
levels of password security for your account.
Legal Utopia needs to ensure that you have access
to the email account that you are proposing to use when creating an account.
To verify this, you will receive a link to your email address used when signing up,
this will only occur on first signup, and you will need to open that link and then
return to the app.
Your new account will not be registered if you fail to verify your email address.
Legal Utopia will only use your personal data for reasons stated expressly in its Privacy Policy. When creating an account, for example, your name and email address will be recorded as linked to that new account.
If you have recently just created an account, you will not be able to access any other part of the mobile app until you have completed all fields on the account profile. This will usually require you to complete your residential address or business details. Once you have submitted your profile, the app will automatically open up the other areas of the app for you to use.
You can create both a business account and an
individual account with the Legal Utopia app, however,
you will need two different email addresses as you will need two accounts.
It might be most practical to use a business email address for the business account and a personal one for the individual account.
You can delete your account from within
the Settings page under the subheading ‘Close your account’.
You will need to complete the
steps as shown on the screen.
This process will prevent access to your account
immediately and it will delete your personal data
from our system's records.
You should note that this process may take up to
30 days to apply across all system records.
You can create an account, either business or individual,
for free and there is no obligation to make a purchase.
Some services are also free-of-charge
but subject to our Terms of Use.
Other areas or services of the mobile app may be subject to a fee, charge, or subscription.
Yes, you can access the mobile app on the Google Play Store for most android smartphones by opening the app and searching ‘Legal Utopia’ in the search bar or by going to the Legal Utopia website and clicking on the Google Play Store icon.
Yes, you can access the mobile app on the Google Play Store by searching ‘Legal Utopia’ in the search bar or by going to the Legal Utopia website and clicking on the Google Play Store icon.
Yes, you can access the mobile app from the Apple App Store from either your iPhone or iPad. The mobile app may not be customised to the dimensions of your iPad and so it may appear smaller than other iPad apps.
No, Legal Utopia does not sell any personal data or user generated data from its services, apps, or website whatsoever.
Legal Utopia issues virtual ‘credits’ within its mobile application and has notified the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal Utopia is excluded from regulation for the issuance of electronic money under the Limited Network Exclusion (LNE) and you can find more information on the FCA Register.
Machine learning is a subset of technologies
from a wider technology called Artificial Intelligence.
It essentially breaks down data into numbers and applies
mathematics to generate probability-based predictions on
certain tasks that humans would only previously have only done.
One of these tasks has previously been identifying what area
of law a client’s legal problem is most relevant to.
Legal Utopia uses machine learning to do this without humans
having to do it. Machine learning technology is therefore only
applied when you input the description of your legal problem to
enable it to generate a prediction. This is how machine
learning is used in this service.
The Legal Checker service needs to understand what it is you are seeking as a solution to the legal problem, issue, or dispute that you are currently facing. This can be with a view to your immediate remedy such as Legal Advice or your ultimate goal of Compensation or a Court Order.
The Legal Checker service needs to understand the capacity or ‘role’ that you play in your problem, issue, or dispute. This might be that you’re solely seeking legal advice at this stage and, therefore, your role would be an ‘Advisory Client’ or you may be seeking to issue a legal claim or action against another, in which case, you may be a ‘Claimant’.
The credit or subscription options available to you will depend on your account type and your preference. Credit purchases can start from £0.99 and subscriptions from £9.99pm. Please go to ‘Subscriptions’ in-app to check what options are available to you.
Credits are redeemable virtual tokens
that can be used exclusively on the Legal Utopia mobile app
for access to individual results from the Legal Checker service.
Where results from the Legal Checker service are not already free,
you will need either a credit or a subscription to access the content.
Legal Utopia has incorporated into the Legal Checker service the ability for the service to potentially identify a range of qualifying legal problems that may benefit from legal aid assistance. This is automatic and applies to individual accounts.
If you are using the Legal Checker service and you are directed to select an on-screen option and none of the options are relevant, there will always be a ‘No’ or ‘None of the above’ option available. You should always select this option if you are unsure or there is not an option relevant to you.
Legal Utopia utilises feedback from the
Legal Checker service in two ways depending on which form you
have chosen or completed. Legal Utopia will use feedback from
you to either re-train and improve the machine learning
technology that is currently used, or new technologies that might
improve the service, or the feedback will be used to understand
how Legal Utopia can improve the service itself in general.
Regardless of the feedback submission, Legal Utopia reviews and considers each and every submission.
At this stage of the Legal Checker service
you are required to explain or describe your legal problem,
issue, or dispute in your own words. However, this must come
to a minimum word count of 100 to progress to the next stage.
You should provide as much information and detail on the circumstances
that you are in and facing, as well as the problem and your concerns
or queries in relation to it. Once you have entered 100 words the
‘Continue’ button will automatically activate for you to progress on.
Yes, Legal Utopia takes appropriate steps
to ensure that your account information and your use of the
Legal checker service are separated. This means Legal Utopia
cannot immediately match you to your use of the Legal Checker service.
The information you generate from your use of the Legal Checker
service is your data and not Legal Utopia’s data.
Legal Utopia will keep that information confidential
and will not share it with undisclosed third parties.
This is a new, transformative service that leverages machine learning technology. This way Legal Utopia can offer the service at an affordable price. As such, there is no human that assesses each individual use or output of the Legal Checker service.
Legal Utopia provides a high-volume of
precise legal guidance on a range of legal problems in a
specific context that is common. Therefore, legal guidance
is not written or provided on the basis of your particular
legal problem but you may select a common legal problem
based on your understanding of your legal problem.
Legal guidance should always be considered as a ‘direction’
on what you ‘could’ do in the context in which it is written
and not what you necessarily ‘should’ do in your particular circumstances.
The Legal Checker can potentially assist a user across 9 of the most common consumer law practice areas of law, including but not limited to, family law, commercial law, contract law, intellectual property law, planning, property, and land law, data protection law, employment law, tax law, civil law, and corporate law.
The Legal Checker service is, of course, a new way of delivering affordable legal support applying modern technologies. These technologies make a prediction based on probabilities, and not absolute certainty, this is why you must always select options that are correct to your precise circumstances and, whenever unsure, select the ‘No’ or ‘None of the above’ option.
You can access the Legal Checker service for
free with an individual account but you will need a subscription or
credit to access the results if your problem is not pre-selected
by Legal Utopia to be free.
You must purchase a subscription if you have a business account to use the Legal Checker service.
You will get access to a result that the Legal Checker has identified based on your input and selections. This means you may be able to access relevant guidance, solutions, services, and resources based on the identified problem.
If you have an individual account you will not have to pay for the result if one is not located or you choose not to pay for access to the result. If you purchase a subscription, you will have unlimited access to continue using the Legal Checker service.
You will continue to have access to results
from the Legal Checker service within the ‘Results’ page within your account.
This will continue to be available for the lifetime of your
account and you can always go back to the result later to pay for access.
If you have purchased access to the result you will
continue to have access to it for the lifetime of the
account or the duration of your subscription.
This also includes updates and notifications if any of the result changes,
for example, if the law changes and Legal Utopia updates the legal guidance.
You may be able to access a range of resources within any result from the Legal Checker service. Resources are made up of (1) websites, (2) guidance documents, and (3) contract templates; where available.
Yes, as with any legal guidance content, there may be other areas of law or guidance that is relevant to your problem. Legal Utopia ‘links’ this legal guidance content and this is accessible from within the legal guidance option.
This means that you either did not complete the full process required for the Legal Checker service to identify the legal problem, or your input or selections during the Legal Checker process did not match to any legal problem the service can identify at this time.
If the Legal Checker result notifies you that your legal problem may qualify for legal aid assistance, you should consider contacting the Legal Aid Agency for further support and assistance in assessing your financial eligibility to claim legal aid funding.
You may be able to access a range of portals that are relevant to your legal problem. Portals are online or digital applications that can assist you with different tasks, such as applying for planning permission or issuing a court claim,
The Legal Checker service is trained on a range of practice areas of law and subareas of law, it then considers a range of unique characteristics to a range of unique legal problems. Legal Utopia calculates the number of unique legal problems by multiplying the different variable combinations to the number of unique legal problems; this provides the number of possible output combinations the Legal Checker could produce.
Legal Utopia offers the Find A Lawyer service for free.
It makes solicitors regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority
easier to find based on different information that is generally
important to prospective customers.
You can find these lawyers by opening the Find A Lawyer tab in our app
dashboard and typing into the search bar your postcode or
region to locate lawyers in your area.
You can then filter those searches by the area of law that
those located lawyers practice in based on the legal problem you have.
Legal Utopia has an agreement with the
Solicitors Regulation Authority to access public information
on the businesses that are authorised and regulated by them.
They are principally responsible for the professional standards
of a specific type of lawyer called ‘Solicitors’.
Legal Utopia accesses this information from the Solicitors Regulation
Authority’s register. When the register is updated, our
Find A Lawyer updates; although this may not be instantaneous.
Legal Utopia makes this information available
and searchable to encourage and support the ‘shopping around’
of regulated solicitors. It helps you discover if there is a
local solicitor to your home or work, as well as law firms with
international reach depending on your needs.
When you select a legal business on the Find A Lawyer map, you can
get direct access to their phone, email, and website, as well as
information on their company structure, number, authorisation
date, and areas of legal practice.
Legal Utopia has developed this service purely for the benefit of its users. We may provide individual firms displayed on the Find A Lawyer service which additional display features or an alternative display design in return for a membership fee.
Legal Utopia
uses information from the Solicitors Regulation Authority
to provide you with this service. As this is the regulator
for solicitors and we only display information on SRA regulated legal business,
the information may be considered reliable.
However, as with any information and business,
things change. We aim to update the information
within a reasonable time following the SRA making
changes on their register.
You can use the service for free. This provides access to the standard booking facility and solicitor profiles, however, if you wish to access the premium facility and solicitor, you will need to have a purchase associated with your account to access this part of the service.
The service allows you to identify relevant lawyers
based on your legal problem and select an appropriate time to have a consultation
with them for up to 30 minutes.
You can manage the appointment from within the Legal Utopia app
and there is an integration with Zoom to facilitate the call.
You can also share notes with your solicitor to review before the call
and discuss during your consultation.
This way, your time is maximised to discuss options
and solutions to your legal problem.
The Book A Lawyer service is exclusively online via the Legal Utopia app. In-person appointments are not accommodated at this stage.
Your appointment should usually be confirmed within a few hours but no later than 24hrs from booking. Your booking request will be immediately sent to the solicitor you’ve selected for confirmation. When an appointment is confirmed by the solicitor, you’ll get a notification and the status of your booking will change.
You will need to provide documents for identification and residence verification checks as directed by the service. If you are making a booking as a business, you will need to submit your business details also.
You should at the very least describe or explain the specific issue you would like to discuss and the context surrounding that issue. This will enable the solicitor to do some research before the consultation to maximize the time you have with them.
No. The solicitors are providing a consultation and they will notify you if they believe they can, or should, represent you.
Maybe. Legal Utopia is starting to add more and more solicitors that are listed on the Find-A-Lawyer service to the Book-A-Lawyer service, however, not all solicitors are on both services.
Yes, your instruction of a solicitor on the Book A Lawyer is treated as confidential and your engagement will form a solicitor-client relationship that is private and strictly confidential.
Booking a 30 minute consultation with a solicitor is usually free. Any solicitor will need to notify you of any charge prior to imposing it, if this doesn’t happen you may be able to file a complaint with us and the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Yes, you can access our premium Book-A-Lawyer service, included with your subscription, and book an appointment from there.
You can access your appointments at any time on the ‘My Schedule’ section of the Book-A-Lawyer service.
Yes, you can edit the time or day for your appointment with your solicitor by contacting them. The availability presented will be based on the solicitor’s availability and any changes are subject to confirmation by that solicitor.
Yes. You can cancel your appointment with one solicitor. You can then make a new booking with a different solicitor following the same process.
You will get a notification from the Legal Utopia app when your solicitor has confirmed the booking. This will also show within your appointment details which you can access from the ‘My Schedule’ section of the Book-A-Lawyer service.
If your appointment has been cancelled it will be free to re-book an appointment at another time.
Make a complaint. Legal Utopia loves feedback and if you haven’t received the quality of service expected then please share that experience so it can be improved upon. Legal Utopia can assist with guidance on making complaints or seeking alternative advice.
Your consultation is not recorded by the solicitor or Legal Utopia, however, your solicitor may make notes of your consultation and any information you provide before your appointment will be on your appointment record.
Yes, Legal Utopia loves and welcomes feedback from everyone. So much so, there is a dedicated ‘Feedback’ page for you to submit your feedback directly to Legal Utopia as often as you’d like.
Legal Utopia has created a virtual library of government forms, legal contracts, notices, letters, and policies that are free and searchable by anyone with an account. You can search, view, edit, and download any content for your own use at no cost.
Legal Utopia is working on providing thousands of free legal documents and there are more and more documents made available each week. These range from property, employment, and corporate law documents, as well as forms from HM Courts & Tribunal Service, Insolvency Service, HM Land Registry, UK Intellectual Property Office, Companies House, and UK Border & Customs Agency.
Legal Utopia have sourced a range of legal documents from various institutions and organisations, as well as government bodies, departments, and agencies in addition to Legal Utopia’s own documents.
You can use any of the legal documents for your own personal or commercial use. You cannot resell these documents commercially.
Legal Utopia has worked to make forms and documents available from HM Courts & Tribunal Service, Insolvency Service, HM Land Registry, UK Intellectual Property Office, Companies House, HMRC and The Pensions Regulator.
You can search by keywords in the search bar at the top of the page or by filtering or sorting the legal documents by type or field of practice. You may want to filter the page by opting for ‘Forms’ only and then search within those forms to find the desired one you’re looking for.
You can search by keywords in the search bar at the top of the page or by filtering or sorting the legal documents by type or field of practice. You may want to filter the page by opting for the type of document you’re looking for and then search within those documents to find the right one.
Yes, the page includes both sorting and filtering options that you can then search by keyword.
Contracts are agreements between two or more parties that act as a “manual” for a transaction or exchange of some value between those parties.
Notices are written notifications to bring specific information to the attention of one or more parties; usually due to a specific event that has occurred.
Letters are written correspondence or communications between one or more persons. They are usually used to communicate information between parties to create a structured record of communication.
Letters are written correspondence or communications between one or more persons. They are usually used to communicate information between parties to create a structured record of communication.
Policies are written and adopted courses of action or principals that will usually be followed in specific situations or in certain events. They provide clarity on the direction a party or parties will follow in those specific situations or certain events.
Yes. Everything on the service can be downloaded, edited, and used by anyone with an account.
Nope. It’s all free, enjoy.
The forms on the Free Docs service have all come from government bodies, departments, or agencies, as well as regulators and other publically funded organisations.
Legal Utopia provides a Google Docs link with every Word document that enables you to open an editable document on your phone or you can copy and paste it to your computer, download it, and edit it directly.
This service provides you with access to legislation and statutory instruments that relate to or concern coronavirus or the pandemic. The aim is to make this information more accessible and searchable, as well as provide weekly updates on any changes to, or new addition to legislation and statutory instruments from the UK Parliament, Welsh Assembly, or an official Secretary of State.
This service is updated weekly, however, Legal Utopia cannot provide any guarantee, warranty, or representation that all the information is correct at the time of publication or access.
This service looks to cover all legislation or statutory instruments that relate to or concern coronavirus or the pandemic in general.
Legal Utopia is working on adding notifications for when legislation or statutory instruments are updated, amended, revoked, or otherwise changed. It’s on its way!
Yes, this is all public information and you’re free to download any of it from this service.
You can search by keyword within the search bar at the top of the screen.
You can filter and sort the content based on a range of pre-set tags and variables. Click on each button option underneath the search bar to filter and sort.
If you want to sort the content, you can select the dual arrows icon underneath the search bar and then select the pre-set options which will automatically sort the content.
Yes, you’re welcome to invite friends and family. If you successfully refer a new account and that account purchases credits/subscriptions you get either a free credit or one month subscription; subject to eligibility.
The friend or family
member that you invited must create an account
and purchase either a credit or subscription for
you to receive your free credit or subscription on an
individual account.
If you are a business user making the referral,
you will only receive a free months subscription if you
do not already have a renewable subscription and invite
a new subscriber of our business account.
If you invite a friend or family member
to Legal Utopia and they create an account on the
app and purchase either credit(s) or a subscription,
you will then receive a free credit or subscription.
The invite must be completed using the invite service
on the Legal Utopia app; subject to eligibility.
If you are a business user making the referral,
you will only receive a free months subscription if you
do not already have a renewable subscription and invite
a new subscriber of our business account.
Membership codes are for business membership holders only. If your employer or organisation has a membership agreement with Legal Utopia, please contact them for your membership code to access fee charging services.
Individual Account: You must utilise
your own account and invite another new user to
join using the link generated within the ‘Invite’ tab.
The new user must create a new account and make a purchase
within that account to receive a free credit.
Business Account: You must utilise your own account
and invite another new user to join using the link
generated within the ‘Invite’ tab. The new user must create
a new business account and make a purchase within that account
to receive a free month’s subscription.
You must also not have a pre-existing renewable
subscription at the time of free subscription issuance.
Your monthly subscription provides unlimited access to the Legal Checker service and all results, including access to stored results and notifications when legal guidance, services, and resources change or are updated with new information.
Your annual subscription provides unlimited access to the Legal Checker service and all results, including access to stored results and notifications when legal guidance, services, and resources change or are updated with new information.
Your annual subscription provides unlimited access to the Legal Checker service and all results, including access to stored results and notifications when legal guidance, services, and resources change or are updated with new information.
When purchasing a credit or credits, you are adding the ability to exchange those credits for access to paid content from the results of the Legal Checker service. Each credit will be redeemed for each result, so you will need at least one credit to access one Legal Checker result.
Your subscription and payment is processed by and held with Apple but your contract for services or digital content is with Legal Utopia.
Your subscription and payment is processed by and held with Google Play but your contract for services or digital content is with Legal Utopia.
You can cancel a subscription from within your Apple or Google Play account. Legal Utopia cannot cancel your subscription for you. The same applies to refunds.
You will be presented with a redemption screen when you try to access paid content that requires a credit or subscription to access. Follow the instructions on the screen to redeem your credit(s).
Yes, you can write to Legal Utopia
by email or letter. You can find the complaints policy
that will apply to Legal Utopia’s services by going to
the bottom of the Legal Utopia website.
You can also write a complaint
by going to the ‘Help’ page of the
mobile app and clicking on the ‘Complain’ option.
Yes, you can write to Legal Utopia
by email or letter. You can find the complaints policy
that will apply to Legal Utopia’s services by going to
the bottom of the Legal Utopia website.
You can also write a complaint by going to the
‘Help’ page of the mobile app and clicking on
the ‘Complain’ option.
Yes, you can write to
Legal Utopia by email or letter. You can find
the complaints policy that will apply to Legal Utopia’s
services by going to the bottom of the Legal Utopia
website.
You can also write a complaint by going to the
‘Help’ page of the mobile app and clicking on
the ‘Complain’ option.
If your complaint concerns the professional conduct
of a solicitor, you should also consider making a
complaint to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Yes, you can write to Legal Utopia by
email or letter. You can find the complaints policy that
will apply to Legal Utopia’s services by going to the
bottom of the Legal Utopia website.
You can also write a complaint by going to the
‘Help’ page of the mobile app and clicking on
the ‘Complain’ option.
If your complaint is not resolved or you continue
to have a concern about your personal data, you
should consider making a complaint to the
Information Commissioner’s Office.
Yes, you can write to Legal Utopia
by email or letter. You can find the complaints policy
that will apply to Legal Utopia’s services by going to
the bottom of the Legal Utopia website.
You can also write a complaint by going to the ‘Help’
page of the mobile app and clicking on the
‘Complain’ option.
If your complaint is concerning the price or quality
of the legal service you have received, you may
consider making a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman.
Possibly. If you have purchased credit(s)
and you have not used them within the 6-month period and you request
a refund within that redeemable period, you can get a free refund.
If you have redeemed credit(s) within the 14-day cancellation period
and accessed paid content, you will not be entitled to a refund.
You should always check your Terms of Sale agreement.
If you wish to cancel your subscription
and you have not used any of the subscription services,
you will be entitled to a full refund. If you wish to cancel
within a 14-day period from subscribing, you may be entitled
to a partial refund.
You should always check your Terms of Sale agreement.
You can send an email to
customerservice@legalutopia.co.uk
directly or via the ‘Help’ section within the app.
You can also write to Legal Utopia at the following
address: Level 30, The Leadenhall Building, 122
Leadenhall Street, City of London, EC3V 4AB.
Please note, we can only assist you with making a refund request to
Apple or Google and not apply on your behalf.
Apple and Google should process refunds that are rightfully yours as soon as practically possible. They are legally obliged to process a refund within 14-calendar days.
You can cancel subscriptions directly with Google Play and Apple App Store. You can write to either app store with your refund request.