Free Legal Service, Top End - Northern Territory

Contact points

Office Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday

Ground Floor, 2/17 Lindsay Street Darwin NT 0801

GPO Box 1901, Darwin NT 0801

FREE CALL: 1800 234 441

Telephone: (08) 8982 3000

Fax: (08) 8941 9935

Email: admin_tewls@clc.net.au

The Top End Women's Legal Service Inc (TEWLS) is a non-profit organisation that provides free and confidential legal information, advice, legal representation, referral, community legal education, and advocacy on issues of importance to women across the Top End. TEWLS is a community legal centre and is a member of the National Association of Community Legal Centres, as well as the Northern Territory Community Legal Centre Forum.

Free legal advice clinics

Appointments are available as follows:

Every second Wednesday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at the Palmerston Community Care Centre;
Wednesdays from 5:15pm to 6:15pm in our Darwin Office;
Thursdays during business hours in our Darwin office; and
On community, within the Darwin Correctional Precinct, or at the Adult Migrant English Program on specified days - please contact our office for further details.

If you have a legal problem and wish to see a solicitor, please contact our office on (08) 8982 3000 or freecall 1800 234 441 for an appointment. If you are unable to attend a clinic in person, we may be able to arrange an appointment over the phone. We are able arrange interpreters free of charge.

What can TEWLS help you with?

Family Law
Domestic and Family Violence
Victims of Crime Compensation
Housing & Tenancy
Debts & Fines
Consumer Law
Superannuation & Estates
Employment Law
Sexual Assault
Discrimination
Complaints

TEWLS cannot assist with:

Commercial matters
Criminal matters
Immigration
Drafting wills