The Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS) is a specialist Community Legal Centre that helps people with an intellectual disability with their legal issues.
Legal help is available to anyone in NSW with an intellectual disability. Advice can also be given to family members, carers, advocates or others who are seeking advice on behalf of a person with an intellectual disability.
Legal Advice by Phone
- Legal advice by phone is available by appointment. Ring IDRS to make an appointment. You will need to provide a phone number for the Solicitor to ring you back.
- Advice times are between 2pm and 5pm Monday to Friday. Appointments are usually made on the hour at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm.
- The solicitor will phone the number you provide and talk to you at the time of the appointment.
- We can make other arrangements for providing legal advice to suit individual needs. You should tell us if the matter is urgent or you need an appointment at a different time.
To make an appointment with a solicitor, phone (02) 9318 0144
If you live outside Sydney you can phone 1800 666 611 (calls to this number are free)
If you are not sure if your situation is about a legal issue then ring IDRS and we can help you work this out. If we cannot help you, we try to find the right place for you to get help.
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Legal Casework
If someone has a problem with the law, they often need more than telephone advice. Our solicitors take on a limited number of cases to help people who have legal problems. You should make an appointment for legal advice first.
If you need help at a Police Station or at Court
As well as getting legal
advice, you can get support from the Criminal Justice
Support Network (CJSN) if you are going to be interviewed
by the Police or if you need to go to court on a criminal
matter.
Phone the
CJSN 1300 665 908
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about the CJSN