The Western NSW Community Legal Centre offers free legal and financial information and advice
Legal Help
If you have a legal problem, you can telephone us to find out your options and what you should do next.
We are able to do telephone appointments or face to face.
The most common areas of law with which we assist are:
- Family Law
- Domestic Violence
- Child Support
- Consumer Law – Credit and Debt
- Discrimination
- Centrelink
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- Environmental Issues
- Criminal Law
- Child Protection
- Coronial Inquiries
- Employment Issues
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In some instances after speaking with you over the phone, we can refer you to more appropriate sources of help. In limited circumstances we may be able to provide ongoing casework assistance.
If you are a woman and would prefer to speak to a female solicitor, let us know when you call.
Financial Counselling
Our Financial Counselling Service can help you if have:
- Debt problems
- Too many bills
- Budget problems
- Credit card problems
- Tax matters
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- Want to save money
- Considering bankruptcy
- Legal action pending from debt
- Repossession
- Financial implications of family breakup
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Community Legal Education
We believe that legal information should be freely available and we can organise Group Seminars or Workshops in your community. Call for more information.
Lobbying
We lobby government to improve access to the legal system and to reform the law.
This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW. The Foundation seeks to advance the fairness and equity of the justice system and to improve access to justice, especially for socially and economically disadvantaged people.
http://www.lawfoundation.net.au
Disclaimer: any opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Law and Justice Foundation's Board of Governors.