Legal information & resources
Community legal centres, Victoria Legal Aid and other organisations produce a range of legal information resources to help you find out about the law.
The Law Handbook Online
One of the best starting points to find out about the law in Victoria is The Law Handbook Online, produced by Fitzroy Legal Service.
The Law Handbook Online is the most comprehensive, plain English guide to the law in Victoria with information on a wide range of legal topics from fines and family law to wills and tenancy.
Some of the features of The Law Handbook Online are:
- handy search function;
- thorough legislation and case indexes that are cross-referenced and linked to the content;
- contact details for relevant legal and non-legal services;
- helpful pop-up definitions of legal terms combined with an extensive glossary;
- pop-up boxes advising of the latest law changes and updates; and
- useful cross-references included throughout the text enabling the reader to link immediately to other relevant parts of The Law Handbook Online.
The Law Handbook Online also has a range of links to other websites containing legal information resources.
www.lawhandbook.org.au
Victoria Legal Aid
Victoria Legal Aid produces a wide range of legal information resources which are available for free in the publications section of its website.
www.legalaid.vic.gov.au
Rural Law Online
Rural Law Online is a dedicated and comprehensive plain language website for rural Victorians. It offers information on areas of law which affect people living in regional and rural communities and details of free and low cost legal services in rural and regional areas.
www.rurallaw.org.au
Bushfire Legal Help
The Bushfire Legal Help website was established in response to the 2009 Victorian bushfires as part of a larger joint initiative to assist victims and survivors of the bushfires. The website addresses many of the complex legal issues that face victims and survivors as they rebuild their lives, including insurance, destroyed wills, the coronial process, and family law issues.
Victoria Law
Search the Victoria Law website for easy-to-understand legal information - in six different languages. Find information on debt and credit matters, housing issues, traffic offences and lots of other everyday subjects.
