CCCLS clients are associated with other legal supports and services, she said. “The decision to reallocate funds is intended to improve access to legal services in the region and ensure that the best services are available to the community,” said Louise Glanville, Executive Director of VLA. It started as The Doveton Legal Service – a free legal advice service provided by Monash University law students on Thursday nights. Do you have a legal problem or would you like information about your legal rights? The Peninsula Community Legal Centre may be able to help. CLCP offers free advice on most legal issues, including family law, domestic violence, fines, renting and defending rooming houses. Join this free CCLA information session to learn more. We help people solve their legal problems and deal with the barriers that many people face in our justice system. We work to change unjust laws and systems and strengthen the voice of our community. “It`s hard to believe there won`t be the same legal representation for Casey-Cardinia,” Little said. Victoria Legal Aid manages funding for most municipal law centres in the state and oversees the centre`s service objectives. “Both centres (Springvale-Monash And Peninsula Legal Centres) have a long history of providing services to the region.” After 42 years of free legal advice and advocacy, the Casey-Cardinia Community Legal Service (CCCLS) has received its final verdict. SMLS is a legal center of the community. This means that we do not charge any fees for our services and that we can only help people solve their legal problems if they have a low income and other established criteria.
Please contact us to find out if you are eligible. South-East Monash Legal Services provides free and confidential legal services More than 9,000 municipal legal advice cases have been offered in the past year. VLA also provides legal services in its Dandenong and Frankston offices, as well as in its helpline. Acting coordinator Carolyn Tadross felt that the service had sufficiently refuted the VLA`s “governance” concerns. “I hope we`ve left a good footprint and people won`t forget it anytime soon.” “It`s one of those places where the staff felt like family.” After law students stopped coming, local lawyers volunteered to continue the counselling sessions on Thursday night. It has also a long history of providing free records to eligible clients in the suburbs of Dandenong, Casey City and Cardinia County. Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
The funds will be allocated to Springvale-Monash Legal and the Cranbourne Branch Peninsula Community Legal Centre. The Claredale Street, Dandenong, office reluctantly closes on Friday, March 29, after Victoria Legal Aid stopped funding the $800,000-a-year service. We offer free interpretation services for people who speak a language other than English. The role of the interpreter is to objectively translate the conversations between the lawyer and the client. We prefer to use accredited interpreters to ensure the confidentiality and accuracy of the information. The CCCLS tends to be less “political” and “vocal” than other services that are part of the Federation of Community Legal Centres (Victoria), Tadross said. It was more of a “convenient” service. Jan Little, an honorary board member for much of her 42 years of service, says she feels “traumatized.” “It was about not keeping pace with the Joneses.” “The (independent) evaluations were not so damning that they would justify stopping our funding.” Proudly presented by the Peninsula Community Legal Centre. It expanded to the Community Health Service offices on Power Road Doveton, then to a former nearby dental practice and finally to the current offices. In partnership with Springvale Monash Legal Service Narre Warren. to the southeast, including the city of Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia.
Over the past 12 months, the service has undergone a renewal course, with the VLA ordering an independent review of the service. Long-time LSCC Coordinator Vera Hardiman left and board members with more diverse skills were appointed. He had to move to larger premises in Hallam. “I think (the decision) was based on politics. It wasn`t a mismanagement of money,” she said.