Legal support services in the ACT have moved to audio-visual communications in response COVID 19.
These measures will allow organisations to provide legal advice whilst ensuring the safety of the community and their staff.
Attorney-General Gordon Ramsay said that the safe provision of adequate legal advice was a priority for the Government at this time.
“As we manage this unprecedented event, the ACT Government is working with ACT’s legal support services to ensure we are still able to provide services while also minimising the health risk to all Canberrans,” Mr Ramsay said.
“Anyone required to self-isolate or who is feeling unwell should not attend any of the ACT legal support services. This includes those on bail or subject to summonses, subpoenas or other compulsory processes. Individuals in these circumstances must contact the applicable service in advance. They will then receive advice about how their matters will proceed.”
A summary of legal services is available below:
Legal Aid ACT helps people in the ACT with their legal problems, especially people who are socially or economically disadvantaged. Specifically, Legal Aid ACT has a helpline for general legal information and advice that is open to all members of the community, runs the Tenancy Advice Service and the Older Persons ACT Legal Service in the ACT and family violence matters, as well as many other services.
