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Law Access does not help with:
- Restraining orders (for people applying) – other options for legal assistance include:
- Restraining orders (for people responding) – other options for legal assistance include:
- Sussex Street – Respondent service
- Street Law Centre
- Encompass Legal and Community Services
- Subiaco Justice Centre
Law Access may be able to help with:
- Criminal matters for vulnerable applicants, if you have already tried:
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Law Access does not help with:
- Family law about the care of children (e.g. disputes between parents) – other options for legal assistance include:
- Family law about property (e.g. divorce / separation / property settlements) – other options for legal assistance include:
Law Access may be able to help with:
- Protection and care of children (child protection), if you have already tried:
- Negative experiences when you were a child, if you have already tried:
- Knowmore
- Place-based CLCs – by location
- Vulnerable applicants responding to a defamation claim (eg. for complaint of family violence)
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Law Access may be able to help with:
- Debts – disputes about the money you owe or are owed, if you have already tried:
- Legal Aid WA
- Place-based CLCs – by location
- Subiaco Justice Centre
- Loan / mortgage issues, or Banking / finance issues, if you have already tried:
- Centrelink issues, if you have already tried:
- Someone else controlling your money, if you have already tried:
- Bankruptcy and insolvency, if you have already tried:
- Legal Aid WA
- Financial Counsellors’ Association of WA
- National Debt Helpline on 1800 007 007
- Insurance, if you have already tried:
- Legal Aid WA
- Financial Rights Legal Service – Insurance Law Service
- Subiaco Justice Centre
- Employment – see section titled “Work”
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Law Access does not help with:
- Building disputes – other options for legal assistance include:
Law Access may be able to help with:
- Tenancy and renting issues, if you have already tried at least some of:
- Property law, if you have already tried:
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Law Access does not help with:
- Legal services for disputes with your neighbour (eg. dividing fences or strata) – other options for legal assistance include:
- Legal Aid WA
- Place-based CLCs – by location
- Subiaco Justice Centre
Law Access may be able to help with:
- Mediation for disputes with your neighbour (eg. dividing fences or strata):
- Both parties must agree to the Citizens Advice Bureau mediation process
- Financial strata issues (eg. levies), if you have already tried at least some of:
- Legal Aid WA
- Place-based CLCs – by location
- Subiaco Justice Centre
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Law Access does not help with:
- Defamation claims (except as below)
Law Access may be able to help with:
- Employment issues including:
- Employment law (unfair dismissal, entitlements)
- Workplace sexual harassment
- Discrimination
- Vulnerable applicants responding to a defamation claim (eg. for complaint of sexual harassment)
- Internal complaint processes (advice only)
- You must have already tried:
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Law Access does not help with:
- Restraining orders – see section above
- Defamation claims (except as below)
Law Access may be able to help with:
- Discrimination, if you have already tried:
- Elder Abuse, if you have already tried:
- NDIS appeals, if you have already tried:
- Human rights and equal opportunity matters, if you have already tried:
- Police or public officer misconduct, if you have been through:
- any internal complaints processes (eg. WA Police)
- Corruption and Crime Commission
- Visa and immigration issues – see section below
- Unfair treatment at work – see section above
- Vulnerable applicants responding to a defamation claim (eg. for complaint of discrimination)
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Law Access does not help with:
- Visa applications – other options for legal assistance include:
Law Access may be able to help with:
- Visa and Immigration issues including:
- Immigration appeals / judicial reviews in Federal Court or Administrative Review Tribunal
- Protection visa matters
- Character cancellation matters
- Ministerial Intervention requests
- Specialist immigration advice for vulnerable applicants
- You must have already tried at least some of:
- Circle Green Community Legal
- Refugee Legal (based in Melbourne)
- Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (based in Melbourne)
- Encompass Legal and Community Services
- Scales CLC
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Law Access does not help with:
- Drafting wills or drafting enduring powers of attorney / guardianship – other options for legal assistance include:
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- Public Trustee (Wills) or Office of the Public Advocate (Guardianship)
- Place-based CLCs – by location
- Deceased estates when there is no dispute (e.g. probate, letters of administration)
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- Subiaco Justice Centre
- Place-based CLCs – by location
Law Access may be able to help with:
- Disputes about deceased estates (property of a person who has passed away), if you have already tried:
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- Subiaco Justice Centre
- Place-based CLCs – by location
- Coronial matters, if you have already tried:
- Aboriginal Legal Service of WA
- Place-based CLCs – by location
- Legal Aid WA
- Guardianship and administration matters, if you have already tried:
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- Legal Aid WA
- Place-based CLCs – by location
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Law Access may be able to help with:
- Defending or appealing some criminal or serious traffic matters for vulnerable applicants, if you have already tried:
- Legal Aid WA
- Aboriginal Legal Service of WA
- Ruah Legal Services – Mental Health Law Centre
- Street Law Centre
- Youth Legal Services
- Place-based CLCs – by location
- Criminal injuries compensation, if you have already tried:
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Law Access does not help with:
- Complex commercial disputes or business matters – other options for legal assistance include:
Law Access may be able to help with:
- Contract matters, if you have already tried:
- Place-based CLCs – by location
- Subiaco Justice Centre
- Consumer issues (issues with goods or services), if you have already tried:
- Corporate and commercial matters for individuals, if you have already tried:
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Law Access does not help with:
- Personal injury (or other compensation) claims where:
- No-win-no-fee legal services are available
- The loss is covered by insurance
- Examples include: workers’ compensation, motor vehicle injury, occupiers’ or public liability claims, medical negligence
- Other options for legal assistance for personal injuries claims include:
Law Access may be able to help with:
- Other claims for loss, damage, or injury, as appropriate.
- Criminal injuries compensation, if you have already tried:
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Law Access does not help with:
- Processes designed for self-representation
- Representation in internal complaint processes
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Law Access may be able to help with:
- Environmental and animal welfare law, if you have already tried:
- Administrative Appeals and Tribunals
- Other issues not listed here that Law Access considers appropriate
If you don’t know, we may be able to help work out your issue.
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