Free Legal Services are available at Blacktown Women’s and Girls’ Health Centre every second Wednesday and every second Friday.
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Western Sydney Community Legal Centre provides free legal advice at Blacktown Women’s and Girls’ Health Centre every second Wednesday BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Bookings essential as limited spots available. Please call 9831 2070.
This service can cover:
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- Civil Law
- Family Law
- Criminal Law
- Care and Protection
- Immigration.
If you need an interpreter, please advise at the time of booking. Interpreters can be arranged either to attend in person or via telephone link.
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Women’s Legal Services NSW provides free legal advice at Blacktown Women’s and Girls’ Health Centre every second Friday BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
During the appointment, you will speak with a fully qualified solicitor from Women’s Legal Services NSW. Each appointment is 40 minutes long, and you need to bring any paperwork your have that is relevant to the matter with you.
If you need an interpreter, please advise at the time of booking. Interpreters can be arranged either to attend in person or via telephone link.
To book an appointment to see a solicitor, phone (02) 9831 2070 or you can email info@womensandgirls.org.au Please include a contact telephone number for us to respond.
If your call is not answered, please leave a message including a telephone number on which we can contact you during business hours (9.30 am to 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday).
The solicitor can give you advice on a range of matters, and has special expertise in:
- Family Law (including parenting, property and child support)
- Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (ADVOs)
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Sexual Assault
- Victim’s Compensation
PLEASE NOTE:
The solicitor CANNOT give advice on IMMIGRATION matters.
Some things to Remember:
- Appointments are made on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, which means that you may need to wait for several weeks before an appointment is available. If you do not make an appointment when it is available, you may be placed on a waiting list for cancellations, but there is no guarantee you will get an earlier appointment.
- When making an appointment, you will be asked a series of questions for the purposes of ensuring correct information is provided to the solicitors. This information is required before an appointment can be made. All information is held in the strictest confidence.
- Please arrive 15 minutes before your appointment time, to complete registration paperwork.
- Because legal advice can be technical and make use of words and terminology which can have very particular meanings, solicitors may ask that an interpreter is used even if the client feels they do not need one. This applies for people with hearing impairments as well as people whose first language is not English. Should this be the case, the matter will be discussed with the client beforehand.
- Unfortunately, child care is not available and children are not able to attend appointments with their mother/carer. Please arrange child care prior to attending the appointment. If you are unable to attend an appointment, please contact us as soon as possible so we can give that appointment to someone else. If you do not attend your appointment without advising us beforehand, we may need to put you at the bottom of the waitlist for another appointment. If you cannot arrange childcare, a telephone appointment may be arranged for you. Please let the receptionist know when you are booking your appointment if you will need to arrange this.
If your matter is too urgent to wait for an appointment, contact the Women’s Legal Services NSW telephone advice lines or LawAccess, a government telephone helpline which can assist with basic information about legal matters:
What if Blacktown is too far to get legal advice from where you live?
There are a number of women’s health centres who also host a Women’s Legal Services NSW solicitor. For appointment times and information, contact:
Fairfield: Immigrant Women’s Health Centre
When: Thursdays (fortnightly)
Ph: (02) 9726 4044
Address: 92 Smart Street, Fairfield, NSW 2165
Website: http://www.immigrantwomenshealth.org.au/
Liverpool Women’s Health Centre
When: Thursdays (fortnightly)
Ph: (02) 9601 3555
Address: 26 Bathurst Street, Liverpool, NSW 2170 (corner Campbell and Bathurst Sts)
Website: http://www.liverpoolwomenshealth.org.au/
Penrith Women’s Health Centre
When: Tuesdays (fortnightly)
Ph:(02) 4721 8749
Address: Cnr Henry & Station Street, Penrith, NSW 2750
Website: http://www.penrithwomenshealthcentre.com.au/