Insolvency service to aid home owners

New Beginning, the not-for-profit group which has been helping struggling homeowners battle a tide of house repossessions, is to open a specialist insolvency service in the summer.

More than 2,500 people in trouble with their mortgages have so far sought help from the organisation, which provides free legal aid to those facing repossession of the family home.

New Beginning was established in late 2010 by businessman David Hall and barristers Ross Maguire and Vincent Martin. It now has around 70 solicitors and barristers offering their services free of charge as well as several economists and business people.