Caxton Legal Centre - Seniors Legal and Support Service

Service name

Caxton Legal Service

Phone

07 3214 6333

Address

1 Manning Street South Brisbane

Website

https://caxton.org.au/how-we-can-help/seniors-legal-and-support-service/

Service program

The Seniors Legal and Support Service (SLASS) provides free legal and social work support for older persons experiencing elder abuse, mistreatment, neglect or financial exploitation. Our lawyer and social worker will talk with you about what steps can be taken to address elder abuse including steps to stay safe, short term counselling, how to keep money and assets safe, or recover money or assets, legal rights and options in certain circumstances, representing a client in court or before a tribunal.

Geographic coverage area

Includes Somerset

Model of service delivery

Initial phone call and then by appointment. To make an appointment, you will need to provide your name and the full name of the person who is on the other side of your legal matter. We cannot give you legal advice without it. This is in order for us to check for a potential conflict of interest. If your dispute is with a company or institution, we need that name and the name of an individual if you have been dealing with a specific person over an extended period of time. LASS publishes valuable factsheets to provide easy access to information on common legal matters for seniors. The following fact sheets have been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Serbian and Tagalog.

Eligibility criteria (including age)

Seniors

Referral pathways

Older persons experiencing abuse may contact the service directly. Family members and service providers may contact us to refer an older person for whom they hold concerns and SLASS will then contact the older person directly.

Cost

Free

Hours of operation

Monday - Friday 9am - 4.30pm