Legal service
Do you require assistance with family law, personal injuries, wills and estates, or migration law? We offer free legal services through our partnership with McInnes Wilson Lawyers to all students currently enrolled at Griffith University.
This service can assist with:
- Separation and divorce
- Separation of assets and property
- Parenting matters (custody arrangements)
- Matters involving children, including relocation and change of name matters, and passport applications
- Child support
- Spousal maintenance
- De-facto matters
- Binding financial agreements
- Splitting of superannuation
- Personal estate planning – making a will or enduring power of attorney
- Estate litigation – challenging a will, bringing a claim for further provision
- Deceased estate administration – obtaining probate, how to be an executor, rights as a beneficiary
- Trust disputes and administration
- Advice on superannuation
- Applications to the Guardianship and Administration Tribunal
- Accidents involving public places
- Accidents involving cyclists, motor vehicles, and other road-users
- Accidents involving medical staff, procedures, and medical institutions such as hospitals
- Accidents involving work and workplace safety
*Please note this service no longer assists with migration law. McInnes Wilson Lawyers have put together a FAQ sheet on student visas to assist you.
Click here to view the FAQ.
Appointments
If you have an issue that you would like to confidentially discuss for free and you believe it falls into one of the outlined areas please click the button above.
Once filled out and completed you will receive an email from a lawyer within 48 hours (Monday to Friday) giving you the chance to reply with any questions or concerns. Please note, this is only legal advice – there will be no legal representation. The lawyers will then send you a letter of advice, or if the matter needs to be discussed further, will contact you via phone, email or arrange a time to meet. Please note, this is only legal advice – there will be no legal representation.
Legal resources FAQ
If your legal query is outside of the free legal advice scope, please peruse our legal resources FAQ section for further assistance.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
• accc.gov.au/consumers/debt-debt-collection/disputing-a-debt
• accc.gov.au/consumers/debt-debt-collection/help-when-youre-in-debt
Financial Ombudsman Service
• afca.org.au
Caxton Legal Centre
• caxton.org.au
Legal Aid Queensland
• legalaid.qld.gov.au/Find-legal-information/Work-and-money/Money-and-debt
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
• tio.com.au
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
• qcat.qld.gov.au/matter-types/debt-disputes
How to resolve disputes
• www.qld.gov.au/law/housing-and-neighbours/resolve-disputes
Caxton Legal Centre
• caxton.org.au
Qld Government
• qld.gov.au/law/legal-mediation-and-justice-of-the-peace/settling-disputes-out-of-court/neighbourhood-mediation
Residential Tenancies Authorities
• rta.qld.gov.au/disputes
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
• qcat.qld.gov.au/matter-types/residential-tenancy-disputes
Tenants Queensland
• tenantsqld.org.au/info-for-tenants/going-to-the-tribunal-to-solve-a-tenancy-dispute
Caxton Legal Centre
• caxton.org.au
Fair Work Australia
• fairwork.gov.au/how-we-will-help/how-we-help-you/help-resolving-workplace-issues
Fair Work Ombudsman
• fairwork.gov.au
Queensland Government
• qld.gov.au/law/your-rights/workplace-rights/harassment-and-bullying
Legal Aid
• legalaid.qld.gov.au/Find-legal-information/Work-and-money/Employment/Employment-law-and-your-rights
Legal Aid (working women)
• legalaid.qld.gov.au/Listings/Organisations-directory/Working-Women-Queensland
Caxton Legal Centre
• caxton.org.au
Queensland Working Women Service
• wwq.org.au
Basic Rights QLD (supporting women at work)
• brq.org.au/working-women-qld/
Queensland Industrial Relations Commission
• qirc.qld.gov.au
Welfare Rights Centre
• welfarerightscentre.org.au/about-us
Australian Human Rights Commission
• humanrights.gov.au
Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland
• adcq.qld.gov.au
Legal Aid
• legalaid.qld.gov.au
Caxton Legal Centre
• caxton.org.au
Women’s Legal Service
• wlsq.org.au
Qld Government
• qld.gov.au/community/getting-support-health-social-issue/domestic-family-violence
DV Connect
• dvconnect.org
Qld Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service
• qifvls.com.au
Legal Aid Qld
• legalaid.qld.gov.au/Find-legal-information/Criminal–justice/Offences/Breaking-the-law-in-a-public-place
Caxton Legal Centre
• caxton.org.au
State Penalties and Enforcement Agency
• qld.gov.au/law/fines-and-penalties/state-penalties-enforcement-registry
Queensland Government
• qld.gov.au/law/fines-and-penalties/disputing-a-fine
Brisbane City Council
• brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/council-information-rates/rates-payments/pay-bill-or-infringement/dispute-fine-or-infringement
Department of Transport and Main Roads
• tmr.qld.gov.au
Queensland Traffic Lawyers
• queenslandtrafficlawyers.com/disputing-traffic-fines
Legal Aid
• legalaid.qld.gov.au/Find-legal-information/Cars-and-driving/Traffic-offences
Community legal Centres Queensland
• communitylegalqld.org.au
National Association of Community Legal Centres
• naclc.org.au
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld) Ltd
• atsils.org.au
Commonwealth Ombudsman
• ombudsman.gov.au
Crime and Misconduct Commission
• www.ccc.qld.gov.au
Queensland Government
• qld.gov.au/law/crime-and-police/victims-and-witnesses-of-crime
Legal Aid Qld (victim)
• legalaid.qld.gov.au/Find-legal-information/Criminal-justice/Victims-of-crime2
Legal Aid Qld (witness)
• legalaid.qld.gov.au/Find-legal-information/Criminal-justice/Being-a-witness
Caxton Legal Centre
• caxton.org.au
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
• qcat.qld.gov.au/matter-types/minor-civil-disputes/property-damage-disputes
