How can we help?

TEWLS provides free legal services to women in the Top End, including legal advice, representation and advocacy.

Need factsheets & publications?

TEWLS have created helpful factsheets and publications about different areas of law, including family law.

AREAS OF LAW

TEWLS is able to help with most areas of civil and family law.
Click below to find out more information about the different areas of law that TEWLS can help with:

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Debts

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Family Law

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Tenancy

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Complaints

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Compensation

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Superannuation and Estates

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Domestic and Family Violence

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Employment Law

The TEWLS website has a “quick exit” button in the top right-hand corner of the page.

This button will close the TEWLS website and open the Bureau of Meteorology website. You may need to use this button if you are worried that someone is watching you use the computer or that you have been looking at the TEWLS website.

The “quick exit” button does not delete your browse history. This means that if someone checks your browser history, they will be able to see that you have visited then TEWLS website.

If you would like to speak to TEWLS with an interpreter:

You can call TEWLS on 1800 234 441 and ask to speak to us with an interpreter. We can organise this for free.You will need to tell us your name, your phone number and the language that you speak. We will then call you back with an interpreter on the phone.

TEWLS are able to organise interpreters for most languages, including Aboriginal languages and Auslan.

You can also organise for TEWLS to contact you:

To organise for TEWLS to contact you, please complete the form through the “Make an Appointment” button on the TEWLS home page.

If you would like to listen to the TEWLS website in an
Aboriginal language:

TEWLS has had four Top End Aboriginal languages recorded for this website. You can click the “play” button to listen to these recordings.

The languages that are currently available are:

– Murrinh-Patha
– Tiwi
– Warlpiri
– Yolngu Matha

If you would like to read the TEWLS website in a language other than English:

The TEWLS website is able to be translated to lots of different languages. To change the language settings, press “Select Language” in the top bar and choose the language that you speak.

Top End Women's Legal Service

Free legal services for women in the Top End

How can we help?

Need factsheets & publications?

AREAS OF LAW

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