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  • Legal help for seniors

    Justice Connect provides free legal advice for older Australians who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer. We focus on helping people experiencing elder abuse or are otherwise vulnerable and have legal issues associated with ageing.

    When clients are receiving health treatment at one of our partner health organisations, we can sometimes provide assistance in the healthcare setting through our Seniors Law Service.

    You can also receive assistance through our network of pro bono lawyers.

    I understand that this is an application only, that I am making a request for assistance, and until Justice Connect indicates that legal assistance will be provided, no client-solicitor relationship is created.

     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 will not share your personal 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.

    We may use deidentified and anonymised information collected to improve our products and services.

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

    View our privacy policy and disclaimer.


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  • Unfortunately our Seniors Law Service can only assist people aged 55 years or over

    You can try our online intake tool to see if we have another service that could assist you.

    You can also read more about other places to look for legal assistance here. 

  • Select a location of your legal issue. This might be different to where you are now.

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      Includes Cocos Islands, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Jarvis Bay, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Coral Sea Islands.

  • Unfortunately, our Seniors Law Service only operates in Victoria and NSW

    Click here to find out more about looking for legal help in other states and territories

  • Please select the type of legal problem you need help with

    Please select the legal problems that you have. You may select more than one problem.

  • Please confirm your legal problem type

    The selections that you made earlier in this process have been ticked below. 

    This list below is matters relevant to the Seniors Law Service. You can edit your selections.

  • Your housing situation

  • Why are we asking for this information?

    Why we are asking

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    We are asking this information because it helps us assess if we have a service that can help you. Some of our services have specific eligibility criteria. We will not save this information linked to your name unless you provide your name to us at a later stage in the application process.

  • Select the category that best describes your situation.

  • Describe your income

  • If you have a partner or spouse, please answer this question for your combined income (e.g. is the only source of income as a couple government benefits)
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  • Income and assets too high

    Thank you for your responses

    Based on your responses, for the type of legal problem that you have, your income is higher than our eligibility requirements. 

    Justice Connect's services focus on assisting the most vulnerable people. We know that there are many people with unmet legal needs who cannot afford a lawyer, and are not eligible for our services. We advocate for increased funding of legal services so that more people can access free legal help.

    You can read more about our services and access self-help tools for those services here, and you can also read more about where else you can look for free legal help here. 

  • Describe your assets and debts

  • Why are we asking for this information?

    Why we are asking

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    We are asking this information because it helps us assess if we have a service that can help you. Some of our services have specific eligibility criteria. We will not save this information linked to your name unless you provide your name to us at a later stage in the application process.
  • Please provide a rough guess of the value of assets that you own like cars, tools, jewellery.
  • A rough guess of the amount of debts that you have, not including mortgages over property. Include credit card debt, personal loans etc.
  • A rough guess of the estimated value of property that you own (eg your home or investment properties).
  • A rough guess of the amount outstanding in mortgages over property that you own.

  • Do any of the following apply to you?

  • Why are we asking for this information?

    Why we are asking

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    We are asking this information because it helps us assess if we have a service that can help you. Some of our services have specific eligibility criteria. We will not save this information linked to your name unless you provide your name to us at a later stage in the application process.

    You may select multiple options


  • Do you have any other special life circumstances that you think Justice Connect should consider or know about?

  • Do you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander?

  • Please provide some more information about these problems

    Please describe your problem in detail, including the background, who is involved, what has happened, and what help you need.

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  • Such as the name of the court (e.g Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court), the location of the court and the date of your hearing.
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  • Formal letters or notices

    Have you received formal letters or notices about your problem?*

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    • Please provide names of other parties to the legal dispute

      By other parties we mean the people on the other side of the legal issue (eg. a person, a business).

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    • Tell us about yourself

    • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

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    Eg: date of hearing, date of AGM, date of appeal

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

      By other parties we mean the people on the other side of the legal issue (eg. a person, a business). We understand you may not know all the details of the other party, please just provide the details you are aware of. 

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