|
Domestic Violence Act Application Forms A Guide to the Juvenile Justice Act 2018UNICEF has kindly given permission for the electronic version of their guide to be made available on our site as a means of public education Please click here to access the guide Sexual Offences HandbookHelp & Shelter has kindly given permission for the electronic version of their Sexual Offences Act Handbook to be made available on our site as a means of public education |
Getting legal aidThe Clinic offices are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. Subject to sufficient resources, the Clinic assists clients facing criminal charges and with most civil matters in the Court of Appeal, the High Court and most magistrates' courts (see Substantive eligibility). We do not however handle conveyancing matters, large estates, prescriptive title applications (unless a waiver is approved by the directors), defamation actions or possession proceedings by a landlord. A means test is used to establish eligibility for either free or subsidised legal aid services.
|
GAWL's The Law & You VThe Guyana Association of Women Lawyers has recently published The Law and You V, which consolidates and updates the previous volumes I, II, II, and IV, and adds new topics. Protection from Domestic Violence (GAWL 2022)This factsheet tells you about the law relating to domestic violence, and how to apply for a protection Booklets about the Revised Constitution of Guyana 2001The Women and Gender Equality Commission has kindly given permission for the electronic version of their booklets on the Revised Constitution of Guyana 2001 to be made available on our website as a means of public education. Red Thread's Household Guide to the Domestic Violence ActRed Thread Women's Development Organisation has kindly given permission for their Household Guide to the Domestic Violence Act to be accessed from our website. |