Legal Aid Commission of NSW

About Legal Aid Commission of NSW

Administer funds for Community Legal Centres to provide legal representation and advice across NSW as well as Domestic Violence Court Assistance. Their role is to make the justice system accessible to the financially disadvantaged, disabled, people from NESB, women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and those who are institutionalised and experience difficulties when enforcing their rights and defending claims against them. If more than legal advice is needed, they are able to provide legal representation, as they work in partnership with private lawyers who represented nearly half of all legally aided people in case matters. They provide grants of legal aid for civil, family, criminal, administrative law, mental health and veterans matters. For most services clients must meet their means and merit tests. In some cases clients repay the full cost of their case when it is finalised.