This page contains a number of links to legal information which may be of assistance to people in New South Wales.

Complaint handling Court Judgments Crime Death or Incapacity Debt Recovery Fines Going to Court Grants History of Law in NSW Jury Duty Justices of the Peace

Law and Employment Law and Families Laws and Legislation Law and Marriage Law and Senior Citizens Law and Young People Lawyers and Judges People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities People with Disabilities Resolving Disputes Victims of Crime Your Rights

Legal information and assistance services can also be found at LawAccess NSW and the
Legal Information Access Centre

• Local Court - Guide
• District Court - Guide
• Supreme Court - Guide
• Courtwise, a pathway through the NSW court system for victims and other witnesses
• Family Court
• Going to court if you have a hearing disability
• Legal Aid Commission: Guide for Local Court defendants
• Legal Aid Commission: Going to a Committal Hearing (Local Court)
• So you have to go to court! video and resource kit

• Answers to Common Legal Questions
• Appearing in Court - Local Court
• Apprehended Violence Orders
• Are you being squeezed for debt?
• Character Reference
• Children's Court Clinic
• Community Restorative Centre
• Community Legal Centres
• Courts and Tribunals list
• Family Matters
• Free legal advice: A Referral Guide by State Library
• Money Issues
• Neighbours and You
• Resolving conflicts

• Attorney General's Department Crime Prevention Division - Safer Communities Development Fund Grants

• Find a lawyer
• Law Society Pro Bono Scheme
• What you need to know about lawyers fees
• Consumer Protection for Legal Services
• Making a complaint against your lawyer
• Legal Professessional Conduct Rules
• Legal Profession Act
• Complaints against Judicial Officers
• Legal Services Commissioner's Disciplinary Register
• Office of the Legal Services Commissioner
• Judicial Commmission of NSW
• NSW Bar Association
• NSW Law Society

• Privacy NSW - privacy and personal information protection
• NSW AntiDiscrimination Board - discrimination, harrassment and vilification
• Disability Discrimination Legal Centre
• Consumer, Trading and Tenancy Tribunal
• Office of Fair Trading
• Rights when under arrest
• What is a spent conviction?
• Consumer Credit Legal Centre
• Lawyers Fees
• Consumer Protection for Legal Services

• Complaints about lawyers
• Complaint handling agencies
• Office of the Inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption

• Criminal Law Review Division, NSW Attorney General's Department
• Crime Prevention Division, NSW Attorney General's Department
• Violence Against Women Specialist Unit

• New South Wales Crime Statistics
• New South Wales Court Statistics
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Australian Institute of Criminology Crime Facts and Figures

• How to develop a Local Crime Prevention Plan
• Crime Prevention Project & Resource Directory
• Australian Institute of Criminology: Crime and Violence Prevention Resources
• NSW Graffiti Information
• Changing the culture of alcohol use in NSW

• About Date Rape
• Women, Violence and the Law - Information and Assistance
• Violence Against Women Specialist Unit
• Sexual Assault Service

• Claim to recover debt up to $60,000 (Local Court)
• Disputing a statement of claim (Local Court)
• Enforcing payment of a Jugment debt (Local Court)
• Letter of demand

• State Debt Recovery Office

Government agencies Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (Federal) Australian Industrial Relations Commission (Federal) Office of Employment Advocate (Federal) NSW Office of Industrial Relations NSW Industrial Relations Commission NSW Workers Compensation Commission Information Unfair Dismissal Leave Entitlements Employee payslips and employment records Rights of workers Employee Awards - NSW Industrial Relations Commission Employee Awards - Office of Industrial Relations Enterprise Agreements - NSW Industrial Relations Commission Enterprise Agreements - Office of the Industrial Relations Discrimination in the workplace Harassment in the workplace Privacy at Work How do I make a claim for Workers Compensation? Occupational Health and Safety

• Caselaw NSW - up to date NSW court judgments
• AustLii - Australian Legal Information Institute - court decisions across Australia

• Older People & the Law Guide
• Aged Care Complaints Investigation Scheme
• Disability and Aged Information Service Inc (DAISI)
• Legal Planning and Dementia
• NSW Ministerial Advisory Committee on Ageing (MACA)
• Housing Appeals Committee
• Seniors.gov.au - access to Government and non-Government information and services
• Social Security Appeals Tribunal
• Superannuation Complaints Tribunal
• The Aged-care Rights Service Incorporated

• Youth.NSW
• Lawstuff: Know your rights
• Legal services for young people
• Young people and alcohol

• Family Law Act
• Australian Law Online
• Family Law Online
• Family Court of Australia
• Federal Magistrates Court
• Child Support Agency
• NSW Department for Women
• Women's Gateway
• Local Court
• Understanding your legal rights - Rights for Gay Men and Lesbians

• Legal Aid
• Child Support
• Divorce Class - Managing your own divorce
• Community Legal Centres NSW
• Community Legal Centres Australia
• Women and Family Law - Women's Legal Resource Centre

• Legal Aid - Children
• What about the children? Custody disputes
• Defacto Relationships
• Information for Children - Family Court
• Parental alienation syndrome
• Parental alientation directory

• Divorce - Federal Magistrates Court
• Divorce Class - Managing your own divorce
• Separation and Divorce - Family Law online

• Property Settlement

• Community Justice Centres
• Mediation and non-Court methods to resolve conflict
• Enforcing Orders about Children
• Contravention of Child Order
• Separation: What about the Children?
• Personal Safety during separation
• Gay Men and Lesbian: Property Settlements
• Family Dispute Resolution

• Apprehended Violence Orders - Local Court
• Domestic Violence Helpline

• Legal Aid Commission - Family Law
• Questions from children - Family Court

• Mensline
• Shared Parenting Council of Australia
• Rural Women's Network
• Relationships Australia

• Legal Resources
• Parliamentary Counsel's Office
• NSW Legislation
• Australian Legal Information Institute
• World Legal Information Institute

• Marriage Celebrants
• Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriage

• The Disability Strategic Plan 2006 - 2008
• Supporting People with Disabilities
• Hearing Loops (How can I use one in a NSW Court?)

• Your rights: disability discrimination
• Your rights: HIV/AIDS discrimination
• Your rights: Infectious diseases discrimination
• Your rights: Carers responsibilities
• Unlawful Vilification

• Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care

• Office of the Public Guardian
• What is enduring guardianship?
• Substitute consent
• Support for private guardians

• Office of the Protective Commissioner
• Wills and Estate matters

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• Community Justice Centres (a free government conflict management service)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Supreme Court
• Mediation Services at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
• Conciliation at the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal
• Resolving consumer disputes - Complaints About Lawyers
• Youth Justice Conferencing
• Law Society of NSW Mediation Services
• Directory of Alternative Dispute Resolution Practioners in NSW
• Relationships Australia - Sydney
• Centacare Sydney
• Centacare Wollongong
• Unifam Counselling & Mediation
  

• NSW Coroner's Court
• What to do when someone dies
• How to get a death certificate
• Probate
• Substitute Consent (for those incapable of consenting to their own treatment)
  

• NSW Public Trustee
• Making a Will
• Wills Online
• Enduring Guardianship
• Executor of a Deceased Estate
• How do I trace my family tree?
• Substitute Consent
• Life Planning Tool by Public Trustee
  

• NSW Public Trustee
• NSW Guardianship Tribunal
• Mental Health Review Tribunal
• NSW Supreme Court - Equity Division Protective
• Office of the Protective Commissioner
• Office of the Public Guardian
• Alzheimers Association
• Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
• NSW Council for Intellectual Disability

• Victims of Crime Website
• Victims Services
• Victims of Crime Bureau
• Victims Compensation Tribunal
• Victims Advisory Board
• Violence Against Women Specialist Unit