ICCARS help to save people's homes in Suffolk.

Ipswich County Court Advice and Representation Service (ICCARS) is a registered charity that operates a free duty advice and representation service at Ipswich County Court for housing possession hearings which are heard on a Tuesday morning. We can help with both rental and mortgage possession cases. The duty service is staffed by volunteers including local solicitors, welfare rights officers and housing advisers. All the volunteers have some experience of defending possession proceedings and housing advice.

We offer advice to try to help you save your home and will represent you at your hearing if you want us to. However, we will only have a very short time to see you on the day, so we strongly advise you to get some advice before the day of your hearing.

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We can not guarantee that there will always be an ICCARS volunteer available for every day that hearings are listed so it is very important that you have had some advice before you get to the court.

If you want to see the ICCARS duty worker it is important that you attend the court at least 15 minutes before the time of your summons. It is also very useful for you to bring all the paperwork you may have relating to your situation. This will help us to help you.

After your hearing the adviser may arrange to do some follow up work with you, or may offer you some suggestions as to how you can get further help – for instance, you may need help with debt advice, or with a problem to do with benefits or Tax Credits.

ICCARS are totally independent from Ipswich County Court but are working with the full co-operation of the County Court and the District Judges.