About Our Clinic
The Community Legal Clinic – Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk is by appointment only.
Appointments can be made by contacting our office through the online contact form or by calling our office 519.752.8669 or 1.888.341.5021
We are a community based, non-profit, Community Legal Clinic. We are staffed by five lawyers, a community developer, and two support staff. We are funded by Legal Aid Ontario.
We provide legal advice and representation to low-income people who live in Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk counties, who meet our financial eligibility guidelines. If you are financially eligible, there is no charge for our services. We do ask you to reimburse us for legal disbursements, such as medical reports, if you are able to.
The legal problems we can help you with are:
- Residential tenancies
- Income maintenance (Ontario Works)
- Disability issues (ODSP, CPP-D)
- Human rights
- Employment issues
- Employment Insurance
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Consumer protection
In addition to providing legal information, advice and representation, we also:
- support the development of local community groups that advance the rights of low-income and marginalized people in our community
- provide legal information in the various areas of law that we practice
We can’t help you with problems with criminal, family or immigration law.
These types of cases can be handled by private bar lawyers or other legal professionals.