Legal Services
We have guidelines on what kinds of legal problems with can help with.
For some areas of law, we can give legal advice at a first appointment but we cannot provide ongoing legal assistance through casework.
Below is a list of the areas of law we can help with and how we can help.
| Area of Law | Advice | Casework |
| Bankruptcy | Yes- referral to our onsite financial counsellor | No |
| Child Protection | No - contact Victoria Legal Aid | No |
| Child Support | No - contact Victoria Legal Aid | No |
| Commercial Matters (eg. small business, commercial leases, business contracts) | No | No |
| Community Organisations/Clubs | No | No |
| Consumer Law | No - contact Consumer Action Law Centre | No |
| Conveyancing | No | No |
| Criminal Law – Magistrates’ Court | Yes | Yes |
| Criminal Law – County, Supreme or High Courts | No | No |
| Debts | Yes | Maybe (depends on the capacity of the service, nature of the legal issue and particular vulnerability of the client) |
| Discrimination | No | No |
| Employment | No - contact Jobwatch | No |
| Family Law – parenting | Yes | Yes |
| Family Law – property | No | Yes |
| Family Law – divorce | Yes | Yes |
| Family violence | Yes | Yes |
| Freedom of Information | Yes | No |
| Guardianship / Administration | Yes | No |
| Immigration | No | No |
| Infringements (fines) | Yes | Yes |
| Migration | No | No |
| Motor Vehicle Accidents | No - contact Monash Law Clinics | No |
| Personal Injury | No | No |
| Personal Safety Intervention Orders | No | No |
| Police Complaints | Yes | Yes |
| Powers of Attorney | No | No |
| Property Law (not family, eg adverse possession, boundary/fence disputes, easements, covenants and planning) | No | No |
| Social Security | No - contact Social Security Rights Victoria | No |
| Tenancy – for tenant | Yes | Yes |
| Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal | Yes | Yes (only where not appropriate to refer to private lawyer) |
| Wills | No | No |