Bushfire Legal Help Community Outreach
Dedicated bushfire lawyer is here to help
with free legal advice and support.
The Bushfire Legal Project is a State wide project that liaises with Local Recovery Co-ordinators and community members to provide free legal help and guide people towards specialist assistance throughout the disaster cycle (Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.)
Preliminary assistance and advice is available for a variety of legal issues, including:
- Insurance claim disputes
- Property and stock losses
- Landlord and tenancy matters
- Fencing and boundary problems
- Debt and income difficulties
- Governance
- Consumer Credit
- Employment law protections for workers assisting with bushfire management measures
- Centrelink benefits and financial hardship options for individuals and small businesses
- Replacing destroyed documents (e.g. Insurance paperwork, tenancy agreements, drivers’ licences, property documents, Medicare cards, and certificates relating to birth, death, marriage or a change of name)
Estate planning - Wills, Powers of Attorney, Advanced Care Directives

OUTREACH CALENDAR

Kangaroo Island Outreach
Scheduled Outreach Dates (see below)
CLCSA 0428 066 958 or 1300 850 650
hmccoy@communityjustice.org.au

Adelaide Hills Outreach
serviced by Legal Services Commission until 31 March
Contact Legal Services Commission 1300 366 424
Outreach office Adelaide Hills Business Centre
82 Onkaparinga Valley Road, Woodside.
Scheduled Outreach
(see below)
For appointments after 1 April 2022
CLCSA 0428 066 958 or 1300 850 650
hmccoy@communityjustice.org.au
Legal Services Commission 1300 366 424


Yorke Peninsula Outreach
SYP Community Hub 33 Stansbury Road
Contact
CLCSA 0428 066 958 or 1300 850 650
hmccoy@communityjustice.org.au
Legal Services Commission 1300 366 424
Scheduled Outreach Dates (see below)
Port Lincoln / Eyre Peninsula Outreach
CLCSA 0428 066 958 or 1300 850 650
hmccoy@communityjustice.org.au
Legal Services Commission 1300 366 424

Limestone Coast Region Outreach
Mount Gambier Office
8a Commercial St West
Mt Gambier 5290
(08) 8723 1396
For appointments contact 0428 066 958 or 1300 850 650
hmccoy@communityjustice.org.au

Riverland (Murray Mallee) Region Outreach
Berri Office
9 Kay Avenue
Berri 5343
(08) 8582 4998
For appointments contact 0428 066 958 or 1300 850 650
hmccoy@communityjustice.org.au

Fleurieu Region Outreach
For appointments contact 0428 066 958 or 1300 850 650
hmccoy@communityjustice.org.au