These fact sheets are intended for lawyers to hand out to their clients.
Discrimination fact sheets
These fact sheets provide information about discrimination law, including steps to resolve a discrimination complaint informally, participating in a mediation or conciliation and how to prepare for a final hearing at VCAT.
Family law trial fact sheets – How to run a family law case
Our How to run a family law case fact sheets are for people who are representing themselves in a final court hearing in the Family Court or the Federal Circuit Court. They include:
- How to run your family law case
- How to prove your family law case: rules about what you can say in court
- How to change your family law court order.
Family violence intervention orders
We have two publications to order or download on family violence intervention orders:
- Family violence intervention order applications – for affected family members
- Family violence intervention order applications – for respondents
They will help you understand:
- family violence
- family violence intervention orders
- how a lawyer can help you
- what might happen at court
- where you can get more information and help.
Personal safety intervention orders
We have self-help guides for applicants and respondents at mention hearings:
- Personal safety intervention order: mention hearings self-help guide for applicants
- Personal safety intervention order: mention hearings self-help guide for respondents
Other legal information is available in our topic personal safety intervention orders.
Summary crime fact sheets
These fact sheets have been developed for duty lawyers to give to their clients attending the Magistrates' Court of Victoria for summary crime offences.
Processes
- P1 Going to court – pleading guilty
- P2 Going to court – pleading not guilty
- P3 Going to court – diversion
- P6 Going to court – rehearings
- P7 Appealing a Magistrates’ Court decision
- P8 Going to court – writing a character reference
- P9 Going to court – what I want to say in court
Offences
Consider handing out Pleading guilty, Pleading not guilty or Criminal records when handing out these fact sheets:
- M1 Criminal records
- M2 Demerit points
- O1 Speeding
- O2 Driving an unregistered vehicle
- O3 Running a red light
- O4 Use of a mobile phone while driving
- O5 Drink driving
- O6 Drug driving
- O7 Unlicensed driving
- O8 Driving while suspended or disqualified
- O9 Careless driving
- O10 Hoon driving and impoundment
- O11 Breach of road rules
- O12 Leaving the scene of a vehicle accident
- O14 Drug possession (possession of cannabis)
- O15 Failure to wear a seatbelt
More free resources
To download or order more free publications and resources about the law go to our catalogue.
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