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We provide free legal advice, information and assistance on the following:
Family
Employment
Discrimination
Consumer and Debt
Benefit entitlements
Criminal and traffic
Tenancy and housing
Public/Administrative (eg. problems with government agencies)
(Limited) Immigration
Please note, we do not provide legal advice about:
Conveyancing or property leasing (except residential tenancies)
Business ventures and commercial transactions
Administration of estates
Preparation and execution of wills
We cannot draft or witness property relationship agreements
We cannot witness powers of attorney or enduring powers of attorney
To meet our eligibility criteria, you need to:
Live in West/North Auckland (Waitākere, North Shore & Rodney). If you fall outside of our geographic area, there are also law centres in Auckland CBD, Mangere and South Auckland.
Have an annual income below the following:
$33,800 (single person) $37,986 (1 dependent - spouse/partner or 1 child) $50,934 (2 dependents - spouse/partner or children) $57,880 (3 dependents - spouse/partner or children) $64,678 (4 dependents - spouse/partner or children) $72,302 (5 dependents - spouse/partner or children)
We also have other criteria, apart from income eligibility and you may qualify under this. Please contact us and we will advise whether we can assist you or we may refer you to someone who can.