lookin for one
Post your case.
Lots of pro bono legal services here.
u want free legal advice?
yea kind of.
case a bit confi leh.
u screwed somebody then nvr pay isit?
no la. i 'm very kind one screw will pay
lawyer how much ah
First things first, the people giving you pro bono.. or free legal advice have to be qualified first. It is also an offence to call yourself a lawyer if you are not admitted and not having a current practising certifficate.(Legal Profession Act s33)
The price of the lawyer's service will depend on your problem. Most lawyers will ask you whether you will retain them before even touching on your issue. Too many cases of people running off after getting preliminary answers thinking they can solve it themselves.
Go to your local Legal Clinic with all relevant documentations. It's free and at least you get basic legal help for your problem and know how to get about it. If your problem is more complicated, they may make a referral subject to fee's payable by you to whoever you choose as your referral.
Check here for Legal Aid eligibility.
All the best.
come here find strangers for legal advice
but case confi.
wtf yo.
No lawyer? New centre set up to help
Five organisations are joining hands to launch the non-profit initiative
BY BRYNA SIM
FIVE groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday to establish a new centre to help people who want to represent themselves in court.
Called the Community Justice Centre, it will be located at Level 1 of the Subordinate Courts and will open by the end of the year.
The non-profit centre will give information on various court procedures to unrepresented litigants. The centre's volunteers may also attend court with them, and refer them to free legal clinics for advice if necessary.
The five organisations are the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Law, the Subordinate Courts, the Law Society of Singapore and the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation, which is giving $250,000 a year to the centre for its first three years of operations.
Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said in his opening address that work on the centre started in 2010 after a study was conducted to give the courts a better understanding of the challenges people face when representing themselves in court.
He said the study - based on interviews with more than 600 self-represented litigants in the district courts and magistrate's courts here - revealed that more than 80 per cent of the respondents needed more information and explanation on court procedures, as well as access to some form of legal advice.
'Many litigants-in-person go to court alone,' said Chief Justice Chan. 'Hence, it is clear that they need not just legal help or enforcement of the letter of the law, but just as importantly, assistance from social services.'
The existing Help Centre will be integrated into the new Community Justice Centre.
Mr Chew Kwee San, council member of the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation, said the new centre would help people who may find the courts intimidating.
'Unrepresented litigants tend to be people who are not so well-off, who may find coming to court intimidating.'
He added that the centre would help litigants be better informed about their legal choices.
'The centre's integrated, not-for-profit, one-stop model streamlines the type of help litigants receive and at an early stage, before their legal problems snowball further,' he said.
Home, The Straits Times, Thursday, June 21 2012, Pg B7
Originally posted by BadzMaro:First things first, the people giving you pro bono.. or free legal advice have to be qualified first. It is also an offence to call yourself a lawyer if you are not admitted and not having a current practising certifficate.(Legal Profession Act s33)
The price of the lawyer's service will depend on your problem. Most lawyers will ask you whether you will retain them before even touching on your issue. Too many cases of people running off after getting preliminary answers thinking they can solve it themselves.
Go to your local Legal Clinic with all relevant documentations. It's free and at least you get basic legal help for your problem and know how to get about it. If your problem is more complicated, they may make a referral subject to fee's payable by you to whoever you choose as your referral.
Check here for Legal Aid eligibility.
All the best.
wow what a fulfilling reply full of flair and substance. r u a lawyer yrself? u seem to know quite abit.
hm.. wat do u mean by "retain" them in yr 2nd para? mind elaborating or defining in clarity abit? what if i decide not to? are there any penalties, compensation clauses or charges?
any range for lawyer's fees?
is legal aid only for those that can't afford a lawyer? in a way like bursaries, govt grants for the needies?
Originally posted by M the name:
No lawyer? New centre set up to help
Five organisations are joining hands to launch the non-profit initiative
BY BRYNA SIM
FIVE groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday to establish a new centre to help people who want to represent themselves in court.Called the Community Justice Centre, it will be located at Level 1 of the Subordinate Courts and will open by the end of the year.
The non-profit centre will give information on various court procedures to unrepresented litigants. The centre's volunteers may also attend court with them, and refer them to free legal clinics for advice if necessary.
The five organisations are the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Law, the Subordinate Courts, the Law Society of Singapore and the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation, which is giving $250,000 a year to the centre for its first three years of operations.
Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said in his opening address that work on the centre started in 2010 after a study was conducted to give the courts a better understanding of the challenges people face when representing themselves in court.
He said the study - based on interviews with more than 600 self-represented litigants in the district courts and magistrate's courts here - revealed that more than 80 per cent of the respondents needed more information and explanation on court procedures, as well as access to some form of legal advice.
'Many litigants-in-person go to court alone,' said Chief Justice Chan. 'Hence, it is clear that they need not just legal help or enforcement of the letter of the law, but just as importantly, assistance from social services.'
The existing Help Centre will be integrated into the new Community Justice Centre.
Mr Chew Kwee San, council member of the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation, said the new centre would help people who may find the courts intimidating.
'Unrepresented litigants tend to be people who are not so well-off, who may find coming to court intimidating.'
He added that the centre would help litigants be better informed about their legal choices.
'The centre's integrated, not-for-profit, one-stop model streamlines the type of help litigants receive and at an early stage, before their legal problems snowball further,' he said.
Home, The Straits Times, Thursday, June 21 2012, Pg B7
when open? lolz