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Justice Connect is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

  • Legal help for bushfire affected small businesses

    We are ensuring that small businesses, farms and other primary producers can access free legal help, as well as individuals.

    Am I eligible?

    • Do you run a business, with 20 employees or less, in an area that was impacted by the bushfires?
    • Was your business negatively impacted by the bushfires?
    • Are you dealing with a legal problem because of the bushfires?
    • Are you finding it harder to resolve a legal problem because of the bushfires?
    • Would your business struggle to pay for legal help?

    If you answered yes to most of these questions, you are probably eligible for some free legal help from Justice Connect. 

    If you are already getting legal help from a private lawyer in your local area, you can get a grant of Legal Aid to cover some of the cost instead. 

     How we use and what we do with your personal information

    The personal information that you provide to us in this application is used to make an assessment about whether we are able to provide you with a service or refer you to another service provider.

    We respect your privacy and confidential information, and have designed robust systems to protect your information.

    Some of our services are delivered by our lawyers in our pro bono network. We may share your information with these lawyers for the purposes of finding you legal assistance.

    We collect, use, disclose and store your personal information in accordance with our privacy policy.

    We will not share your information with other service providers (other than lawyers that we are trying to recruit to provide you with legal assistance) without first seeking your consent.

    View our privacy policy and disclaimer.

  • Is your legal matter urgent?

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  • Justice Connect usually attends to all submissions within 2-3 business days. We often cannot assist in highly urgent matters. If you wish to proceed, click next.

  • Can you afford the legal assistance you need?

  • Unable to make an application.

    Based on your answers, you are not eligible. As a charity, we prioritise helping people who are most in need. To be eligible, you will need to meet our means test, if you can afford legal assistance then you are unlikely to be eligible. 

    Click here for more information on where you can look for help.

    You can also view our self-help resources for more information on a range of legal issues. 

  • Is the legal help for you as an individual or for your small business or farm?

  • Select both if relevant. We can help individuals and small businesses with under 20 employees.

  • What is your legal problem?

    Please select any of the following categories that apply. If the legal problem is not on the list, please select 'other' and provide further information.

    (Multiple can be selected)

  • Details about your bushfire affected matter/s

  • Are there any key upcoming dates you are aware of (e.g. hearing or eviction dates)
    Date Please describe what will happen on this date  
       
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    There are no dates.
  • By other parties we mean the people on the other side of the legal issue (eg. a person, a business).
    Organisation / Individual Name Party's Email  
       
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    There are no parties.
  • Include any documents that will help Justice Connect assess whether we can assist. (e.g. past proceedings for Appeals, letter of demand) (Max. 4 documents, 60MB per document)
    Drop files here or
    Accepted file types: doc, docx, jpg, gif, png, pdf, jpeg.

  • Your details

  • Small business or organisation help-seeker

  • Individual help-seeker details

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
  • If there is more than one legal issue, please specify which issue this date relates to. Eg: date of hearing for employment matter

  • Please provide details of other parties to the legal dispute.

  • e.g. Landlord to tenancy matter