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Looking For Legal Aid? We Can Help!

Financial Assistance for People on Low or No Income

 If you've lost your job or have had your income reduced due to the current economic situation then help is available.

 Some lawyers (like Ebborn Law Portia) provide a government-subsidised service called legal aid.

 This is not a benefit - it is an entitlement that all people in Aotearoa New Zealand have if they fall within the financial criteria. It is available whether or not you are a citizen.

 Law firms that provide legal aid are very busy right now so by choosing Ebborn Law Portia you get some clear advantages:
  1. Quick triage
  2. Professional staff
  3. One of NZ's largest legal aid providers
  4. Quality service
  5. More capacity to take your casee
Call or email now to book your free assessment.
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Further information:
Legal aid - an Ebborn Law guide
Ministry of Justice information
NZ Government legal aid website
Wikipedia (Legal Aid in NZ)
Legal aid - Community Law guide
Legal aid (Citizens Advice Bureau)

Find a legal aid lawyer:
Legal Aid Providers Aotearoa
Ministry of Justice providers

Finding a lawyer

Family Violence
Ebborn Law works closely with social services to help support people who need urgent protection orders. If you are from a refuge and want to access this priority service, please contact us on support@ebbornlaw.co.nz.
Care of Children
We work alongside Barnardos and Fairway Resolution to assist parents who are separating. Call us on 03 339 2233 to find out how to access legal advice, mediation and parenting support by either phone or video.
Personal and Property Rights
​This has been a good reminder for everyone to make sure they have a will and have an enduring power of attorney in place. We can provide this service over the phone or by video. Call us now on 03 339 2233

About Ebborn Law/Portia

For a number of years Ebborn Law has been disrupting the legal marketplace.  We are known not only for a high quality of advocacy, but also for being innovative, adopting technology, sharing our knowledge with the wider profession and finding new ways to support our clients.

Family law is our specialty

Our approach is to be flexible to your needs and to do things that make life easier for our clients, so we have longer opening hours, we accept both private and legally-aided clients and offer a variety of products to help you with your legal matters - including fixed fees!

Ebborn Law is the largest provider of family legal aid in the South Island.  We also provide FLAS - the Family Legal Advice Service and offer a holistic approach to helping clients navigate the family justice system.

Experienced and respected

With over 40 years experience as litigators, Erin Ebborn and Jay Lovely offer sound advice and excellent representation. Their team covers the full spectrum of family, criminal, ACC and employment law matters, as well as appeals, and we are a major provider of legal aid and FLAS services.
Our team are active participants in the profession, variously holding positions on the executive board of the Family Law Section of NZLS, the Canterbury Family Court Association and the FLS committee of the Canterbury-Westland branch of the New Zealand Law Society.

Innovative

We are always looking to the future to see how we can lead the way in providing family law in New Zealand. We also like to be actively involved in community: buying from local suppliers where we can, providing an excellent workplace and supporting our clients to link to social service providers.
You can engage with us from the comfort of your own home if you choose: we are VLaw enabled practitioners, and provide video linked services to any part of New Zealand (including Chatham Islands) and overseas.

Experts

How Much Does it Cost to See a Lawyer? Maybe not as much as you think, as the government provides assistance for some people through Legal Aid and FLAS. Here are the costs of initially talking to a lawyer:
  1. If you earn below the threshold and the matter is related to the care or contact of parents or guardians with children, you can apply (once per year) for the Family Legal Advice Service (FLAS);
  2. If you earn below the threshold and the matter is urgent or not related to the Care of Children Act then you may apply for legal aid;
  3. If you earn above the threshold or want advice on a legal matter not covered by legal aid or FLAS then a one-hour consultation will cost $450 (incl. GST). We will be happy to provide a no-obligation quote for any further work.

We have legal products that range from a DIY approach to the full service.

Give our friendly staff a call on 03 339 2233 or email suppport@ebbornlaw.co.nz If you live outside of Christchurch, you can call us on (0800) 339 223, 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week.
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