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Fact sheets for clients

These fact sheets are for lawyers to give their clients.

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.

Achieving a positive outcome at conciliation or mediation
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How to prepare for a hearing at VCAT
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Remedies
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Sample VCAT particulars of complaint
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Speaking to your employer about discrimination
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What is discrimination?
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Family law trial fact sheets

These fact sheets are for people who are representing themselves in a final court hearing in the Family Court or the Federal Circuit Court:

Personal safety intervention orders

We have self-help guides for applicants and respondents at mention hearings:

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

Offences

Consider handing out Pleading guilty, Pleading not guilty or Criminal records when handing out these fact sheets:

More free resources

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