 Legal
Aid comes under the responsibility of the director of Public Affairs
and Religious Liberty, Pastor Paul Scavella. More
information coming soon
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Unemployment Matters
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Sabbath Employment Conflicts
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Unfair Dismissal
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Personal Injury
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Clinical/Professional Negligence
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Divorce
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Adoption
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Affidavits
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Wills and Probate Matters
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Notary Public Services
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Property Matters
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Contract Disputes
Persons may benefit from the
legal aid clinic by first making an appointment and calling the
conference. Everything you say to any of our lawyers at legal aid
is held in strictest confidence. At your appointment you will be
asked about your legal problem in order to determine how best to
further assist you. You can help us help you by having at hand all
the facts, documents, names and dates concerning your matter.
Accordingly, we may give you legal advice, information or a referral
to another agency or program. We may provide you brief service such
as making telephone calls or writing letters on your behalf or we
may, on the merits of your case, represent you at a hearing or in
court.
How we handle your case depends
on what it is you want, what it takes to resolve your matter and the
availability of our legal aid staff. More particularly, to qualify
for our legal aid you must be of low or modest income, reside in the
Bahamas, have exhausted pastoral or other non-legal services
available to you and have a civil or criminal legal problem. Our
service is free except for a small administrative fee.
Additionally, we provide
education to groups and organizations of poor or needy people
concerning their legal rights in order to prevent certain problem
from occurring in the future. Our mission is to advocate, not for
profit, in general areas of law and to provide equal access to
justice, without regard to race, religion or ethnicity, thereby
ministering in Christ’s stead to uplift the least of humanity in our
society.
Finally, it is important to us
that we hear from you as to your opinion of our services. If you do
not like something we have done, we urge you to tell us. Feel free
to make a suggestion as to how our services may be improved. Your
views or concerns are taken seriously and in good faith. Help us
help each other as together we enable victims to become victors
through compassionate Christocentric legal aid services.
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