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Who are Peel Community Legal Services Inc? Peel Community Legal Services is a free community-based legal service for people in the Peel region. We provide accessible and affordable legal information, advice and assistance. Our service area covers Mandurah and the greater Peel region, focussing on assistance to low income people and special groups. We offer an interpreting service by request. Our Vision To ensure that all community members within the Peel Region are able to access appropriate legal support and that existing constraints such as cost, proximity, availability of appointments and feelings of alienation or discrimination are removed. Our Mission To provide a comprehensive and easily accessible generalist legal service to the Peel community, with a focus on assistance for low income or disadvantaged persons. Please find below a list of current staff, volunteers and their respective roles. Staff Members  Sue Ball Community Advocacy Worker & Tenant's Advocate
Sue’s role involves providing advice, information, advocacy and practical support in relation to any number of issues that a client may be experiencing. Some examples of these are: tenancy/accommodation issues (private and public, rental difficulties, maintenance and bond disputes), Centrelink issues (overpayments, access to income support, representation and support through the appeal process), child support (proof of paternity, agreements and negotiations), Family Court process (children and property), domestic violence issues, consumer concerns and neighbour disputes.  Kirstine Forestier Solicitor
Kirstine provides legal advice on a part time basis for the service.  Lita Harwood-Anderson Community Education Worker
Lita’s role is to identify gaps in service provision and to educate community members on their rights and responsibilities within the law. Lita coordinates training, information and family law information sessions and builds partnerships with local agencies to deliver multi-disciplinary approaches to education, in order to develop a holistic approach in supporting clients who usually experience problems on many levels when seeking help from Peel Community Legal Services.  Lisa Craig Manager
Lisa is currently the Manager of the Peel Community Legal Services and has experience in a range of Community Development roles. Lisa has a particular focus on individual and community issues that have a social justice component and is an advocate for increasing the accessibility of the legal system.  Judy Stevens Principal Solicitor
Judy commenced working as Principal Solicitor with Peel Community Legal Services in January. Judy is a practitioner experienced in legal matters, particularly Family and Criminal Law, and has worked for Legal Aid Western Australia for the last fourteen years. Her work at Legal Aid included the role of Solicitor-In-Charge of the Fremantle office, and as part of that role Judy provided legal services to clients in the Peel Region through attendances to the Mandurah Magistrate’s Court and the Mandurah Citizen’s Advice Bureau. Prior to working at Legal Aid, Judy worked as a solicitor in private practice for many years. Judy joins the team at Peel Community Legal Services with enthusiasm and looks forward to continuing to assist clients in the Peel Region.  Kim Tinline Paralegal
Kim completed her Law Degree, with Honours, in 2000. This study was undertaken at the University of Dundee in Scotland. Kim then attained a scholarship to study at Dalhousie University in Canada, where she completed her LLM (Masters in Law) studies in 2001. Since that time, Kim has been working in academia. She has been both researching and teaching at the University of Salford in England, and the University of Dundee in Scotland. In combination with her work here at Peel Community Legal Services, Kim is currently also working on her PhD in Environmental Law. As Paralegal, Kim’s role includes assistance with the development and ongoing implementation of our Regional Outreach Services.  Alison Brady Administrator
Alison commenced work as Administrator with Peel Community Legal Services in February, bringing with her a diverse background in administration, including Project Management in the Information Technology sector and more recently, Business Analysis in the not-for-profit Health sector. Alison has a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Arts (Government) and an eclectic mix of work experiences. She is enjoying the challenge of streamlining some of our internal processes and ensuring sound administrative support at PCLS. The less time we have to spend on administration, the more time we can spend supporting our clients!  Jessica Craig-Piper Publications and Administration
Jessica began working for Peel Community Legal Services in 2007, after completing her degree in Communication and Cultural Studies at Curtin University. In her role at Peel Community Legal Services Jessica attends to the publication of Peel Legal Link, and assists with other publications and administration duties.  Julie Furness Bookkeeper
Julie currently attends to the day to day bookkeeping of the service and attends to various financial roles such as payments of invoices, salary payments, taxation and salary sacrificing arrangements for Peel Community Legal Services staff. The management hopes to expand Julie's role to include advocacy support and general administration work.  Rod Simpson Volunteer
Rod's current role as a volunteer includes administration work, running Family Law Information Sessions and Pro Bono clinics (central and regional), and marketing aspects of the Legal Service through displays and distribution of pamphlets and brochures at Community Education events.  Margret Yarwood Volunteer
Margaret’s role involves assisting with administrational duties in the office one or two days a week. Margaret also helps the Community Education Worker when she needs assistance organising and running Community Education events.
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