Last month at Legal Aid - September 2017

In September 2017...

4039 people received early intervention services such as receiving legal advice and minor assistance from our lawyers over the phone, via videoconference or face-to-face at one of our offices.
We provided dispute resolution services to 400 people to help couples work out their family law problems without going to court.
Our duty lawyers guided 6715 adults through their appearance in the magistrates courts.
408 children were represented by our duty lawyers in the childrens courts.
Our family law duty lawyers helped 214 unrepresented people get through their day in the family law courts.
We approved aid for 225 children and adults to be represented by lawyers in the family law courts.
We approved aid for lawyers to defend 1859 people charged with criminal offences.
We helped ensure decisions made in 108 child protection proceedings were in the best interests of the children involved.
Our consumer protection lawyers helped 562 people sort out their money problems.

These statistics are reported in line with the National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services.

*The number of people = the number of matters.

Media contact: Miranda Greer or Amanda Catania (07) 3917 0407

Last updated 14 November 2017