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Media Release 15 January 2001 15 January 2001 Legal Aid NSW acts to help victims of Dubbo storm with insurance claims The Legal Aid Commission will provide free legal advice to people who have had property damaged by the recent storms in the Dubbo region. The advice will include the rights that people may have to claim on insurance policies. Peter Fryer, a solicitor at the Legal Aid Commission’s Fairfield office, will travel to Dubbo on Thursday 18 January to meet with residents in the area. The Legal Aid Commission assists over thirty thousand people a year with civil law problems and played a leading role in representing the victims of the floods in Wollongong in 1998. Kim Cull, Director of Family and Civil Law at the Commission said today: “It is important that the people of Dubbo and the surrounding region who have suffered property damage from hailstorms and flooding and many of whom are on low incomes, are fully aware of their rights under their insurance policies. In conjunction with the local Law Society, the Legal Aid Commission can provide advice and explanatory material that enables people to protect those rights.” Peter Fryer will liaise with local solicitors to meet people affected by the floods. The local member for Dubbo, Mr Tony McGrane, has offered his rooms as a venue to hold the free advice sessions from 10.00am onwards. The address is Suite 5, First Floor, 46 Church Street, Dubbo. To express an interest to attend for advice please call Mr McGrane’s office on 6882 3577. Don’t forget to bring your policies. For further information please contact: Kim Cull, Director Family and Civil Law Peter Fryer, Solicitor |
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