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Civil Liberties - State law matters

Legal aid is available to all applicants for state law for court or tribunal proceedings at first instance or on appeal where questions of civil liberties are raised e.g. assault, wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, by a person in a special position of authority.


A grant of legal aid for this type of matter is subject to Means Test A, Merit Test A, exclusions from state matters and state civil law General Guidelines.




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The information contained on this page is not legal advice. If you have a legal problem you should talk to a lawyer before making a decision about what to do. The information on this page is written for people resident in, or affected by, the laws of New South Wales, Australia only.

most recently updated 19 March 2002