Legal Services
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Criminal Justice Diversion Program
20 February 2019
Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre (BMCLC) assists clients with summary crime matters in circumstances where the client is ineligible for either a grant of legal aid or the duty lawyer service.
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commUnity Plus Annual General Meeting 2018
12 December 2018
The commUnity Plus Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 29 November 2018 and was well attended.
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BMCLC congratulates Talia on her new Graduate lawyer role
26 November 2018
BMCLC would like to introduce you to Talia Tringali, a Graduate lawyer.
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$30,000 of fines wiped after successful review
9 November 2018
Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre (BMCLC) is a generalist community legal centre. One of our largest practice areas is Infringements and recently Lachlan Tom (solicitor) assisted a single mother who had numerous traffic fines. An outline of her case follows.
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Family Violence Presentation during Adult Learner's Week
19 October 2018
Well done to Greta Haywood (Family Violence Coordinator with the Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre) who gave an engaging presentation on Family Violence to our English-language students. The presentation was well-attended and highly informative. Greta ought to be commended for her efforts to push ahead with the presentation despite suffering a broken foot.
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Victorian Law Reform Commission visits the Centre to discuss its important work
16 October 2018
Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre (BMCLC), a program of Comm Unity Plus Services Ltd, received a visit from Anna Beesley of the Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) in August this year.
Renters to get help from pop-up advice centres
28 March 2018
Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre, in partnership with Tenants Victoria, is conducting pop-up tenancy clinics to local renters in Brimbank and Melton throughout April and May to provide advice to local renters. The clinics will be open in St Albans, Melton and Sunshine
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Divorce workshops
18 January 2018
There has been a steady demand for Divorce advice and assistance which we continue to deliver via our Divorce workshops, held quarterly and conducted in English and Vietnamese.
commUnity+ Welcomes Funding for Legal Projects in the West
14 December 2017
Rachna Muddagouni, the CEO of commUnity+, welcomed the Department of Justice Community Legal Centre funding announcement. “This funding will allow BMCLC to continue working on three major projects for the next 2 years”, she said
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Maribyrnong Council refuses to withdraw unfair fines
10 June 2016
Maribyrnong City Council’s system for managing infringement notices is unfair and unaccountable, according to Shifrah Blustein, Manager of Strategic Projects and Law Reform at Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre (BMCLC)
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