How can I get free legal advice in Australia?
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How can I get free legal advice in Australia?
Legal Aid provides a number of free legal services which are available to anyone in the community. These include legal information and referral services and minor assistance (for example, telephone advice). In many cases they also provide duty lawyer services at certain courts.
How do you ask a lawyer for advice?
How to Ask Another Attorney for Help
- Step 1: Know What You Need To Ask. It is best to determine how much help you need before picking up the phone.
- Step 2: Be Respectful of Their Time and Schedule.
- Step 3: Respect Their Advice. If you are asking for advice, it is likely you are unsure of your client, the case, and procedural status.
How do you explain your case to a lawyer?
5 tips for talking to a lawyer
- Get organized. Try to create a clear, comprehensive story of your situation.
- Be detailed. Seemingly frivolous details like the weather may, at first, seem dismissible.
- Be honest. Plain and simple: Don’t lie.
- Ask to clarify.
- Keep them informed.
What are the exceptions to the confidentiality rule?
Most of the mandatory exceptions to confidentiality are well known and understood. They include reporting child, elder and dependent adult abuse, and the so-called “duty to protect.” However, there are other, lesserknown exceptions also required by law. Each will be presented in turn.
What happens if lawyer breaks confidentiality?
Moreover, much like non-lawyers, attorneys aren’t allowed to break the law. If anything, they could see more stringent punishment in such an event and could lose their license to practice if they do so because they are held to a higher standard as officers of the court.
What is the difference between legal advice and legal opinion?
It points to the key difference between a legal opinion and legal advice—i.e., that a legal opinion is an attorney’s analysis based on past or present facts, while legal advice is an attorney’s counsel and guidance as to what future actions the client should take.
Can law students give legal information?
It is unethical, but more importantly illegal, to offer legal advice, assistance or representation, draft documents, or in any way appear to be giving a legal opinion to a person or entity unless you are licensed to practice in that jurisdiction. If someone were to rely on your advice, you could cause grievous harm.
Can a friend be your lawyer?
Although an attorney may have very intimate knowledge regarding the details of the life of those they represent, although an attorney may act aggressively in the best interest of their client, in the end, it is a professional relationship, not a friendship.
Can a friend defend me in court?
In court cases, you can either represent yourself or be represented by a lawyer. Even for simple and routine matters, you can’t go to court for someone else without a law license. Some federal and state agencies allow non-lawyers to represent others at administrative hearings.
Do lawyers know each other?
In most counties and especially in the area of family law, the lawyers know each other well because they practice in front of the Judges and among themselves so often. They will know and be able to trust the other lawyer’s word on an agreement reached without immediately signing paperwork.
