NAAJA - Aboriginal legal aid for the Top End

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Legal Services offered by NAAJA

NAAJA has an information barrier between our criminal section and our civil/family section. That is why we have separate contact details for our different sections.

Our Civil Law section provides legal advice and representation in civil practice areas such as:

Complaints about government services (police, health, prison).
Seizure or forfeiture of property because it was used to take liquor into a restricted area or was used in the commission of a crime.
Child welfare matters.
Motor vehicle compensation.
Adult Guardianship and volatile substance abuse matters.
Prison transfer requests.
Discrimination.
Representing people before the Mental Health Review Tribunal.
Representing the family of people who have died and for which a coronial inquest is to be held.
Centrelink matters.
Victims of crime compensation.

Our Family Law section provides legal advice and representation for:

General advice on any area of family law.
Representation in parenting matters.
Assistance with urgent matters such as the recovery of a child.
Disputes about parentage.
Referrals to family dispute resolution.

Our Criminal Law section provides the following services:

Legal representation in criminal cases in the Magistrates Courts, Bush Courts, Community Courts, NT Supreme Court and in special circumstances in the High Court of Australia.
Face-to-face and telephone legal advice to persons charged or under investigation in relation to a criminal matter, defendants in restraining order applications, persons of interest in coronial inquests and other matters which may lead to criminal prosecutions.
A 24 hour custody phone advice and notification service for Aboriginal people arrested and taken into police custody.