Services

Peninsula Community Legal Centre offers legal advice on a broad range of matters including family law, criminal law and civil law.

Available:  Monday to Friday by appointment only

Our night service is operated by our dedicated team of local volunteer lawyers and paralegals. Appointments are available at Frankston, Bentleigh, Cranbourne and Rosebud.

We provide appointments at our visiting services: Chelsea, Clayton South, Dandenong, Frankston, Glen Huntly,  Narre Warren and Pakenham. Please contact us to make an appointment to meet with one of our lawyers.

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Duty lawyers are available to assist people who have matters listed at Court on the day. Assistance may also be offered to people making urgent applications if time permits.

Hours of operation: Monday to Friday

Location: Federal Circuit & Family Court of Australia 53-55 Robinson Street, Dandenong

Duty lawyers assist either applicants or respondents with advice, negotiation and representation for matters listed at Court that day.

They may also provide assistance with additional FV Services;

• intervention order applications
• urgent victim of crimes applications

Location: Frankston Magistrates’ Court 15 Fletcher Road, Frankston

Duty lawyers assist either applicants or respondents with advice, negotiation and representation for matters listed at Court that day.

They may also provide assistance with additional FV Services;

• intervention order applications
• urgent victim of crimes applications

Location: 1155 Nepean Highway, Highett

Duty Advocate Service

Hours of operation: Monday & Wednesday

Location: Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal

• VCAT – Balmoral Street, Frankston
• VCAT – Level 1, 20 Atherton Road, Oakleigh

PCLC assists people experiencing disadvantage who are facing legal issues arising out of family violence. This means that we assist with issues such as:

• family violence and personal safety intervention orders
• children living with and spending time with their parents (previously called “custody and access” or “residence and contact”)
• division of property after separation
• separation and divorce
• victims of crime applications

PCLC offers assistance and advice regarding outstanding fines including driving on toll roads without an e-tag, parking fines and public transport fines.

Advice by appointment – please phone 9783 3600

Come to your appointment prepared, it is important that you bring along all your outstanding fines and any other paperwork you have received in relation to them.

The Tenancy Assistance and Advocacy Program assist private tenants, rooming house and caravan park residents who live in the Southern Metropolitan and Bayside Peninsula regions of Melbourne. Priority is given to people who are victims of family violence or financially disadvantaged and may also have a vulnerability.

Advice and ongoing assistance, including representation at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Residential Tenancies List, is provided in relation to matters such as repairs, rent arrears, possession/notices to vacate, rent increases, lease breaking, breach of duty, site agreements, tenancy agreement matters, bond and compensation claims.

Appointments are available at our Frankston, Cranbourne, Bentleigh and Rosebud offices. Visiting services also offered in Dandenong, Clayton South, Narre Warren, Pakenham and St. Kilda.

Duty Advocate Services are offered at the Frankston and Oakleigh Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal venues.

Enquiries and appointments are made through the PCLC Frankston office (03) 9783 3600.

Come to your appointment prepared – please bring along any documents relating to your tenancy matter such as leases, contracts and receipts.

Bayside Peninsula Region – includes local government areas of Bayside, Frankston, Glen Eira, Kingston, Port Phillip, Stonnington and Mornington Peninsula.

Southern Melbourne Region – includes local government areas of Cardinia, Casey and Greater Dandenong.