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What's New Weekly Alert 10 March 2023
Fri, 10 Mar 2023
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 3 March 2023
Fri, 03 Mar 2023
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
Read moreRelease of ANROWS report - Strengthening our service and system responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who experience domestic and family violence
Mon, 27 Feb 2023
New Queensland based research on service and systems responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who experience domestic and family violence that may have implications for other jurisdictions.
Read moreResource update - Court procedure FVROs webpage and FVRO infosheet
Mon, 27 Feb 2023
Two family family retraining order resources have recently been updated.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 24 February 2023
Fri, 24 Feb 2023
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 17 February 2023
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Read moreUpdated Infosheet - Recovery orders
Mon, 13 Feb 2023
The Infosheet - Family Court of WA: Recovery orders has been reviewed and updated. It provides detailed information in plain English about recovery orders which aims to assist self-represented litigants.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 10 February 2023
Mon, 13 Feb 2023
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
Read moreChildren's Court of WA- new website
Tue, 07 Feb 2023
The Children’s Court has today launched a new website.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 3 February 2023
Tue, 07 Feb 2023
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
Read moreInfosheet - Disposal of uncollected goods updated
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
The infosheet Disposal of uncollected goods has been updated.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 27 January 2023
Mon, 30 Jan 2023
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Read moreDistrict Court Public Notice 1 of 2023 - COVID-19
Mon, 30 Jan 2023
District Court changes to COVID-related procedures from 31 January 2023.
Read moreamica one - new online service to assist with property settlement
Fri, 27 Jan 2023
A new single sided version of the online separation service, amica has been launched, called amica one. People can use amica one to get an idea of how amica works and an estimate of what their property settlement may look like, without involving their former partner. amicaone uses artificial intelligence to provide a suggested percentage of what they may receive.
Read moreNational Redress Scheme webpage update
Mon, 23 Jan 2023
The National Redress Scheme webpage has been updated to include information about AFLS help for Redress clients.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 20 January 2023
Fri, 20 Jan 2023
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Read moreImpact of 2020 amendments to fines enforcement legislation - media statement
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
The Attorney-General has released a media statement about the positive impacts from the amendments to the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994 that occurred in 2020.
Read moreNew health, safety and wellbeing resource from Legal Aid WA
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
The resource is titled 'Your mental health during the holiday season'.
Read moreCriminal Injuries Compensation Manual update
Tue, 17 Jan 2023
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Manual has been updated. It is in a new format and considerable case law has been added.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 13 January 2023
Tue, 17 Jan 2023
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
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