The Homeless Persons’ Legal Service (HPLS) provides free legal advice and assistance through our network of clinics. We provide advice about civil legal matters such as fines, credit and debt, tenancy, AVOs, victim’s compensation, Centrelink problems and more. Our Solicitor Advocate, Jeremy Rea, also provides representation to people with criminal matters.
Read our eligibility criteria and find out about the issues we can assist with.
Times and locations for Sydney and Newcastle clinics are below.
You can reach our office on (02) 8898 6545 or email us at [email protected].
From 29 June 2021, while we are managing risks connected with COVID-19, all of our HPLS clinics will be operating as phone advice clinics only. To confirm current clinic times and locations, please call us on (02) 8898 6545.
Sydney legal clinics
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Monday 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Wayside Chapel, 29 Hughes Street Potts Point |
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Tuesday 11 am – 1 pm Ozanam Learning Centre, Level 3 – 99 Forbes Street Woolloomooloo |
Tuesday 12 pm – 1 pm The Station Ltd, 82 Erskine Street Sydney |
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Wednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (Fortnightly) Haymarket Centre 137 – 139 Regent St Chippendale By appointment, call 9698 0555 to make a booking.
Wednesday 11.30 am – 1 pm Phone clinic available on request Parramatta Mission, 119 Macquarie Street Parramatta |
Wednesday 11 am – 1 pm Every Wednesday The Shed, Cnr of Emert Pde and Weber Cres Emerton |
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Thursday 1 pm – 3 pm Edward Eagar Lodge 348a Bourke Street Surry Hills
Thursday 10am – 11am Fortnightly, starting on 20 Jan Norman Andrews House 77 Roscoe Street Bondi Beach |
Thursday 12 pm – 2pm Clinic suspended until further notice Vincentian House Surry Hills
Thursday 12pm – 2pm Mission Australia Centre Surry Hills Call 9356 0600 to book or obtain address. |
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Friday 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm Newtown Mission 280A King Street Newtown |
Woolloomooloo Integrated Services Hub (WISH)
Access to legal advice is available at the monthly WISH, held at The Wayside Chapel at 29 Hughes Street, Potts Point, from 9.30 – 11:30 am on the the third Wednesday of each month (except July, December). For more information please refer to the City of Sydney WISH Hub website.