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 as well as the nature of the legal issue and particular vulnerability of the client and no court representation provided) |
Discrimination | No | No |
Employment | Maybe (depends on the capacity of the service as well as the nature of the legal issue and particular vulnerability of the client) | Maybe (depends on the capacity of the service as well as the nature of the legal issue and particular vulnerability of the client) |
Family Law – parenting | Yes | Yes |
Family Law – property | No | No |
Family Law – divorce | Yes | Yes |
Family violence | Yes | No |
Freedom of Information | Yes | No |
Guardianship / Administration | Yes | No |
Immigration | No | No |
Infringements (fines) | Yes | Yes |
Migration | Yes | Yes |
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 |