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[8] [9] By 2018, Legal Aid NSW was administering funding to 29 WDVCAS across the State of NSW operated by a variety of locally-based, incorporated, not-for-profit, NGOs. [10] Service was being provided to women attending 117 Local Courts, with solicitors supplied through Legal Aid's Domestic Violence Practitioner Service.
The New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for the delivery of services to some of the most disadvantaged individuals, families and communities; and the administration and development of a just and equitable legal system of courts, tribunals, laws and other mechanisms that further the principles of justice in the ...
In 1982, a group of female legal activists founded Australia's first legal service for women. The Women's Legal Resources Centre (WLRC) was established to promote access to justice through the provision of legal services, law reform, and community legal education; particularly for women disadvantaged by social and economic circumstances.
Logo of the New South Wales Government and its agencies. The New South Wales Government (NSW Government) is made up of a number of departments, state-owned corporations and other agencies. The NSW Public Service is organised under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013, with public bodies organised under various legislation. In 2009, most of the 100+ government organisations were ...
Founded in 1981, Kingsford Legal Centre is a community legal centre, which also provides clinical legal education as part of the UNSW Faculty of Law. [ 1 ] It provides free advice, referrals and ongoing assistance to the residents of the Botany and Randwick council areas, in areas such as employment law, debts, victims' compensation and ...
On 2 April 2019 the Attorney-General, Christian Porter, said that "guaranteeing stable and long-term funding certainty for legal services delivered by Legal Aid Commissions (LACs), Community Legal Centres (CLCs) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) was part of the [Morrison] Government's plan for a stronger economy ...
The ALS does legal work in criminal law, children’s care and protection law and family law.It also undertakes policy and law reform work. [6]The Custody Notification Service is now mandated under NSW law (cl. 37 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2016), requiring that NSW Police officers must inform the CNS of the taking in to custody of Aboriginal and Torres ...
Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system.Legal aid is regarded as central in providing access to justice by ensuring equality before the law, the right to counsel and the right to a fair trial.