Hi, I am wondering if anyone has made any quesries as to how accessible his is
for vi users?
Would love to pass this information around but would want to be sure its
accessible first. :)
Many thanks,
Emma.
Emma Gordon
Community Development Worker
DeafBlind Services
Able Australia I South Australia
M: 0427 414 037
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Subject: [insightsa] Free online Legal Service for South Australians
Free online legal chat service set to help people access a lawyer in South
Australia
Posted 20 minutes ago
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A "legal chat" service to allow people to consult a lawyer online for free is
set to go live on the South Australian Legal Services Commission's website.
The service, believed to be the first of its kind in Australia, will be
available from Tuesday.
Last financial year, more than 80,000 calls were made to the commission's legal
advice hotline.
The commission's Chris Boundy said the "chat-window", where people could type
back and forth, was a direct response to growing public demand for legal
assistance.
He said it would allow people to access free legal advice discreetly and
without waiting on the phone.
"If they have a neighbourhood dispute or a fencing dispute, they can get on the
legal chat line and quickly obtain information and links to downloadable
information through our website without having to wait to speak to someone on a
telephone advice line," Mr Boundy said.
He also said a trial showed that people under the age of 30 and workers in
open-plan offices were more likely to gain legal advice if it was accessible
online.
"Rather than talking on an open telephone line about something that may be
troubling them, find it much more accessible and discreet to get on a legal
chat and talk away in a dialogue sense through their computer and find out
legal information that will assist them."
The service will be available during business hours Monday to Friday.
