Our legal practice has developed partnerships with almost 400 private legal practitioners (who we refer to as preferred suppliers) located throughout Queensland. This statewide network ensures demand for legal aid services is met and clients can still receive legal help despite being unable to access a local Legal Aid Queensland office.
Preferred suppliers
Preferred suppliers undertake work on our behalf in:
- general crime
- juvenile justice matters
- 'life' matters
- general family law
- general civil law
- separate representation of children.
Preferred suppliers can:
- help you with your legal problem
- advise on your eligibility for legal aid
- submit an application for legal aid on your behalf
- represent you in court.
Remote suppliers
These are firms who practice in remote areas of Queensland and have agreed to perform services on behalf of legally-aided clients.
Independent Children's Lawyers and Separate Representatives
These are lawyers selected by LAQ to provide separate representation for children in Family Court proceedings. To be on the panel, practitioners must have had specialist training and be experienced in working with children.
To obtain the services of a preferred supplier you can either contact the solicitor or firm of your choice directly to check their preferred supplier status, or call us on 1300 65 11 88 to find out about approved solicitors and firms in your area.
Indigenous Referral Panel practitioners
LAQ acknowledges the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) and Family Violence Prevention Legal Services (FVPLS) as the primary service providers to indigenous Queenslanders. However, the limited resources of all legal aid service providers makes it necessary for LAQ to be a supplementary service provider to eligible Indigenous people.
However, we recognise there are matters involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients that require practitioners to exercise a higher level of understanding and experience than usual and we have developed a complexity guideline to identify matters suitable for referral to our Indigenous Referral Panel.
Our aim in establishing the Indigenous Referral Panel is to ensure that indigenous clients in complex matters, i.e. where a higher level of understanding and experience is necessary to ensure they receive quality services that are culturally sensitive and appropriate, are referred to Indigenous Referral panel members.
Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners
These are lawyers, social workers and psychologists in private practice who are selected to undertake the role of conference chairperson in our family dispute resolution program.
Arbitrators
These are lawyers who are selected to undertake the role of arbitrator in our property arbitration program.