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Resolving legal problems: the role of disadvantage article

Resolving legal problems: the role of disadvantage

Hugh McDonald,

Zhigang Wei, | 2018

New analysis of the Legal Australia-Wide Survey demonstrates the association between legal problem resolution, level of disadvantage and legal capability. The findings show that disadvantaged Australians are more likely to...

Access to justice,

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

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Indigenous people and legal problem resolution article

Indigenous people and legal problem resolution

Zhigang Wei,

Hugh McDonald, | 2018

We know that in Australia legal problems are widespread and if they are not resolved, there are health, social and economic consequences. This paper examines the experience of Indigenous Australians...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,

Access to justice,

LAW survey,

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On the brink: how business owners experience business related and other legal problems article

On the brink: how business owners experience business related and other legal problems

Nigel Balmer,

Pascoe Pleasence, | 2017

New analysis of LAW Survey data has identified three distinct groups among business owners according to their likelihood of experiencing business-related and other types of legal problems ‒ ‘normal’, ‘highly...

Business,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

Small business,

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From the frying pan to the fire: the impact of small businesses’ legal problems article

From the frying pan to the fire: the impact of small businesses’ legal problems

Nigel Balmer,

Pascoe Pleasence, | 2017

Among LAW Survey respondents, 2,611 people (13%) described themselves as business owners. These business owners reported 984 business-related legal problems, 65 per cent of which resulted in adverseconsequences (e.g. loss...

Business,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

Small business,

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In need of advice: how business owners respond to legal problems article

In need of advice: how business owners respond to legal problems

Nigel Balmer,

Pascoe Pleasence, | 2017

Business owners sought advice to resolve business-related legal problems more often than other LAW Survey respondents. They also made greater use of legal advisers, financial advisers and trade/professional association advisers...

Business,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

Small business,

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Article about meeting the greater legal needs of single parents

Meeting the greater legal needs of single parents

Maria Karras,

Reiny Iriana, | 2016

New analysis of LAW Survey data reveals that single parents whose children live with them, and single parents whose children live elsewhere, have the highest prevalence of legal problems among...

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

Other priority groups,

Single parents,

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The nature of personal injury article

The nature of personal injury

Christine Coumarelos,

Zhigang Wei,

Genevieve Grant, | 2015

Traditional sources of data give only partial insight into the nature of personal injury as a legal problem. These data typically say little about personal injury that does not result...

Accidents,

Compensation and insurance,

Injury,

LAW survey,

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Community legal education and information at Legal Aid NSW: activities, costs and a framework for planning

Community legal education and information at Legal Aid NSW: activities,costs and a framework for planning

Suzie Forell,

Hugh McDonald, | 2015

A Foundation review of Legal Aid NSW’s CLEI activities reveals new findings and discusses strategic directions, relevant to Legal Aid NSW and CLEI practitioners more broadly. The review included a...

Community legal education,

Legal assistance research & evaluation,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

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Timing early intervention article

Timing early intervention

Pascoe Pleasence,

Christine Coumarelos,

Suzie Forell,

Hugh McDonald, | 2015

This paper is drawn from Reshaping legal assistance services: building on the evidence base: a discussion paper by Pleasence, P, Coumarelos, C, Forell, S & McDonald, HM (2014). The Reshaping...

Evaluations,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

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Article about Indigenous people, multiple disadvantage and response to legal problems

Indigenous people, multiple disadvantage and response to legal problems

Zhigang Wei,

Hugh McDonald,

Christine Coumarelos, | 2015

This paper extends analysis of the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey national dataset by examining response to legal problems and barriers to obtaining advice by Indigenous status and level of disadvantage....

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Article about Planning legal assistance services by area: is SEIFA the answer?

Planning legal assistance services by area: is SEIFA the answer?

Julie People,

Maria Karras,

Christine Coumarelos,

Catriona Mirrlees-Black,

Stephanie Ramsey, | 2015

Results from the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey demonstrate that certain disadvantaged groups are particularly vulnerable to legal problems. Thus, data that identify the demographic groups with high legal need and...

Indicators of legal need,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

Planning service delivery,

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Article about Planning legal outreach

Planning legal outreach

Pascoe Pleasence,

Christine Coumarelos,

Suzie Forell,

Hugh McDonald, | 2015

This paper defines legal outreach and summarises the different models that can be used to deliver legal outreach. It describes the key characteristics of successful legal outreach and the benefits...

Legal assistance services,

Outreach,

Planning service delivery,

Service Delivery,

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Article about the Availability of lawyers in RRR NSW: what we have learnt

Availability of lawyers in RRR NSW: what we have learnt

Michael Cain,

Deborah Macourt,

Geoff Mulherin,

Suzie Forell, | 2014

Recent concerns about the perceived loss of lawyers from regional, rural and remote (RRR) areas have centred on recruitment and retention issues. This paper highlights key findings of two studies...

Access to and use of services,

Data,

Lawyers,

Regional & Remote,

Rural,

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Article about Reshaping legal assistance services, building on the evidence base: summary

Reshaping legal assistance services, building on the evidence base: summary

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2014

The Reshaping legal assistance services discussion paper draws on a substantial base of empirical research – together with current experience of service providers – to inform the design and delivery...

Access to justice,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

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Article about the limits of legal information: when knowing what to do is not enough

Limits of legal information: when knowing what to do is not enough

Hugh McDonald,

Suzie Forell,

Julie People, | 2014

One aim of community legal information and education strategies is to promote community understanding of law and what to do about legal problems. Key to this is a focus on...

Access to justice,

Community legal education,

LAW survey,

Other models of service delivery,

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Article about the legal capability and inaction for legal problems: knowledge, stress and cost

Legal capability and inaction for legal problems: knowledge, stress and cost

Hugh McDonald,

Julie People, | 2014

Deficiencies in legal capability may limit a person’s ability to effectively resolve legal problems. This paper examines three reasons provided by respondents for taking no action in response to legal...

Access to and use of services,

Capability,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Article about are renters worse off? The legal needs of public and private tenants

Are renters worse off? The legal needs of public and private tenants

Deborah Macourt,

Reiny Iriana, | 2014

International legal needs research has revealed that people who live in rented accommodation are particularly vulnerable to experiencing legal problems. This paper uses LAW Survey data to address the legal...

Housing & homelessness,

LAW survey,

Legal Issues,

Legal needs,

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Article about barriers to obtaining advice for legal problems in New South Wales

Barriers to obtaining advice for legal problems in New South Wales

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2014

The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey found that a sizeable proportion of people seek advice for the legal problems they experience, however, many report barriers to accessing the legal help they...

Access to and use of services,

Access to justice,

LAW survey,

Legal assistance services,

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Article on the topic of do some types of legal problems trigger other legal problems?

Do some types of legal problems trigger other legal problems?

Julie People, | 2014

Legal problems that have the potential to trigger other legal problems can set off a series of multiple problems, which can spiral out of control. Identifying trigger problems can help...

Client Groups,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Article about Youth and the law: the impact of legal problems on young people

Youth and the law: the impact of legal problems on young people

Deborah Macourt, | 2014

Stress-related illness, physical ill health, relationship breakdown, moving home, and loss of income or financial strain, were all adverse consequences attributed to the legal problems reported by respondents to the...

Children and young people,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Indigenous people’s experience of multiple legal problems and multiple disadvantage – a working paper

Zhigang Wei,

Hugh McDonald, | 2014

The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey found that Indigenous people who experience legal problems had an increased likelihood of experiencing multiple legal problems. New analyses using the LAW Survey national dataset...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Youth and the law: it’s not all about juvenile justice and child welfare

Deborah Macourt, | 2013

New findings from the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey reveal that young people aged 15–17 years, like their 18–24 year old counterparts, are not immune to the experience of legal problems,...

Children and young people,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Crime in context: criminal victimisation, offending, multiple disadvantage and the experience of civil legal problems

Pascoe Pleasence,

Hugh McDonald, | 2013

Disadvantaged groups have been found to be particularly vulnerable to civil legal problems. Disadvantage has also been linked with crime victimisation and offending. However, while it has been observed that...

Criminal law and crime,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Legal need and main language across Australia

Julie People, | 2013

People whose main language is not English are less likely to take action or seek advice to resolve their legal problems compared to other Australians. Knowledge of the socio-demographic characteristics...

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

Other priority groups,

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Disadvantage and responses to legal problems in remote Australia – a working paper

Reiny Iriana,

Pascoe Pleasence,

Christine Coumarelos, | 2013

New analyses from the Legal Australia-WIDE (LAW) Survey confirm that high levels of disadvantage are associated with a lower likelihood of taking action and seeking professional advice in respones to...

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

LAW survey,

Legal assistance services,

Regional & Remote,

Rural & Remote,

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Who is the ‘other side’ in legal problems and disputes in Australia?

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2013

This paper summarises findings from the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey concerning the ‘other side’ in legal problems and disputes in Australia. A wide variety of people and organisations were identified...

Access to justice,

LAW survey,

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Law and disorders: illness/disability and the response to everyday problems involving the law, Updating Justice 30.

Pascoe Pleasence,

Zhigang Wei,

Christine Coumarelos, | 2013

The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey has demonstrated a strong relationship between the prevalence of legal problems and long-term illness/disability, with elevated levels for all types of illness/disability and particularly for...

Disability,

Health & ageing,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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What price justice? Income and the use of lawyers

Pascoe Pleasence,

Deborah Macourt, | 2013

This paper presents new findings from the LegalAustralia Wide (LAW) Survey. The first major findings for Australia as a whole were published in Legal Australia-Wide Survey: legal need in Australia...

Access to and use of services,

Disadvantage,

LAW survey,

Lawyers,

Legal assistance services,

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Legal needs of younger people in Australia

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2013

This paper summarises findings from the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey on the legal problems experienced by younger people aged 15–24 years in Australia. Similar to previous studies, the findings show...

Children and young people,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Seeking formal advice for legal problems in the ACT

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2013

This paper summarises findings from the Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) concerning the use of advisers for legal problems in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). What people in the ACT...

LAW survey,

Lawyers,

Legal assistance services,

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Awareness of legal services and responses to legal problems in remote Australia

Reiny Iriana,

Pascoe Pleasence,

Christine Coumarelos, | 2013

New findings from the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey suggest that, overall, the use of legal advisers decreases with remoteness. In very remote areas, respondents who were not aware of various...

LAW survey,

Legal assistance services,

Regional & Remote,

Rural,

Rural & Remote,

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Concentrating disadvantage: a working paper on heightened vulnerability to multiple legal problems

Hugh McDonald,

Zhigang Wei, | 2013

The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey found that some demographic groups, including many disadvantaged groups, had heightened vulnerability to multiple legal problems. New analyses of the LAW Survey national data set...

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Legal needs of Indigenous people in Australia

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2013

This paper summarises findings from the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey showing that Indigenous Australians had high prevalence of multiple legal problems and government, health and rights problems. They were also...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,

LAW survey,

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Law and disorders: illness/disability and the experience of everyday problems involving the law, Updating Justice 22. [Working paper]

Christine Coumarelos,

Pascoe Pleasence,

Zhigang Wei, | 2013

New findings from the LAW Survey confirm a strong relationship between the experience of a broad range of everyday problems involving the law and long-term illness/disability. This relationship was generally...

Disability,

Health & ageing,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Home is where the heart of legal need is: a working paper on homelessness, disadvantaged housing and the experience of legal problems

Christine Coumarelos,

Julie People, | 2013

Preliminary findings from the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey indicate that homeless people are an especially disadvantaged group who have increased vulnerability to a wide range of legal problems. The findings...

Housing & homelessness,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Seeking formal advice for legal problems in New South Wales

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2013

This paper summarises findings from the Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) concerning the use of advisers for legal problems in New South Wales (NSW). What people in NSW do about...

LAW survey,

Lawyers,

Legal assistance services,

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How are legal problems finalised in Australia?

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2013

The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey examined the manner in which respondents finalised their legal problems and whether the manner of finalisation depended on the type of problem. This paper summarises...

Access to and use of services,

Access to justice,

LAW survey,

Outcomes,

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Legal needs of unemployed people in Australia

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2013

Employment status is often seen as a key indicator of disadvantage. This paper summarises fresh evidence from the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey of a link between employment status and vulnerability...

Employment,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

Other priority groups,

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Legal needs of single parents in New South Wales

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2013

The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey identified single parents as having increased prevalence of legal problems according to a number of measures. The survey findings in New South Wales (NSW) highlighted...

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

Other priority groups,

Single parents,

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Awareness of not-for-profit legal services in Australia

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2012

The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey found sizeable gaps in respondents’ awareness of not-for-profit legal services. There was high recognition of ‘Legal Aid’ across all state and territory jurisdictions. Legal services...

LAW survey,

Legal assistance services,

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