National Pro Bono PI Insurance Register
Below is the Register of current approved pro bono projects under the National Pro Bono PI Insurance Scheme, in order of approval.
| Insured | Project | Other Parties | Approval Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optus in-house lawyer/s | Providing legal advice to charities | Filipino Community Cooperative Ltd, Silliman University Alumni Association Sydney Australia Chapter | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Elaine Leong | General commercial work undertaken for Touched by Olivia Foundation (which supports children with special needs) | Touched by Olivia Foundation | 12 Jan 2010 |
| Ramsay Health Care in-house lawyer/s | Taking referrals from the NSW Cancer Council Legal Referral Service | NSW Cancer Council Legal Referral Service | 12 Jan 2010 |
| IBM Australia in-house lawyer/s | Impaired Capacity Planning Project, Victims Compensation Tribunal applications, Sexual Assault Communications Privilege Project, Small Claims Credit and Debt Matters, assisting NFPs, legal clinics (Lou’s Place and Exodus Foundation), law and policy reform and CLE | Lou’s Place, Exodus Foundation, Blake Dawson | 15 Dec 2010 |
| Flight Centre in-house lawyer/s | Legal services to the Brainchild Foundation which assists children with brain tumours | Brainchild Foundation |
4 Mar 2011 |
| Westpac Banking Corporation in-house lawyer/s | Taking referrals from Justice Connect, Good Return and other NFPs and advising clients directly at Homeless Connect and other events | Justice Connect, Good Return, other NFPs | 11 Mar 2011, 2 Jun 2011 & 17 Jan 2017 |
| Kenneth Hong & ors | Establishing and running the Korean Community Pro Bono Legal Advice Service | Korean Community Pro Bono Legal Advice Service | 26 May 2011 & 6 Jul 2011 |
| REA Group | Legal Advice to the Beehive Foundation, a charity for disadvantaged teenagers. | Beehive Foundation | 13 Aug 2012 |
| Lawyers from the Crown Solicitor’s Office of South Australia (acting as sole practitioners) | Providing assistance to clients referred by JusticeNet SA | JusticeNet SA | Various dates – 17 Oct 2012 to 11 Mar 2016 |
| Frank Chila | Providing legal advice on contracts, corporate governance and related issues to the board of Karma Currency Foundation Ltd | Karma Currency Foundation | 8 Feb 2013 |
| Telstra Corporation in-house lawyers | Providing advice to not-for-profit groups referred by Not-for-profit Law, a service of Justice Connect | Justice Connect | 14 Jun 2013 |
| Shannon Richards | Providing legal services to KidsXpress, a charity that helps children impacted by trauma through music, art and drama therapies. | Kids Xpress Ltd | 2 Dec 2013 |
| Clare Kerley, Nerida Harvey & ors (lawyers from the Workplace and Safety Law Committee, NSW Young Lawyers, Law Society of NSW) | Community legal education to disadvantaged unrepresented parties appearing before the Fair Work Commission, under supervision of Pro Bono Solicitor from the Law Society of NSW | Workplace and Safety Law Committee, NSW Young Lawyers, Law Society of NSW | 18 Mar 2014 |
| Melody Ng | Providing legal advice and assistance to CuriousWorks, a non-profit arts and media organisation that commissions and delvelops art/media projects for marginalised community groups | CuriousWorks | 13 May 2014 |
| Denise Tan | Providing legal advice to Global Consulting Group (aka Graduate Consulting Group), which provides consulting services to not-for-profit organisations | Global Consulting Group | 22 May 2014 |
| Nerida Harvey & ors | Assisting with the establishment of Indigenous enterprises through the Indigenous Enterprise Legal Assistance Scheme | Law Society of NSW, NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce | 10 Oct 2014 |
| Elena Grayson | Providing legal advice to Little Cloud Foundation Inc, a not-for-profit organisation that helps orphaned and disadvantaged children in CIS countries | Little Cloud Foundation Inc | 23 Oct 2014 |
| Alex Longbottom, Brett Fatches & Kate Latham | Providing legal advice to individuals at Carrie’s Place, a women’s refuge | Carrie’s Place | 23 Mar 2015 & 2 Feb 2016 |
| Westpac in-house lawyers | Providing legal advice regarding governance to governance and structure to Run Against Violence, a not-for-profit that aims to raise awareness about domestic violence | Run Against Violence | 24 Mar 2015 |
| Debra Spizzo, Victim Support Service | Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Service | Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Service | 6 Jul 2015 |
| Richard Clarke, Caterpillar Financial | Providing legal services to Shelter SA Inc | Shelter SA Inc | 22 Jul 2015 |
| Nick Shizas | Providing legal advice to self-represented litigants as part of the City of Sydney Duty Solicitor Scheme | City of Sydney Duty Solicitor Scheme | 20 Aug 2015 |
| QBE in-house legal team | Providing pro bono legal assistance to the McGrath Foundation | McGrath Foundation | 4 Nov 2015 |
| Australia Post in-house lawyers | Providing legal advice on referral from Justice Connect. | Justice Connect | 2 Feb 2016 & 22 Feb 2016 |
| Hewlett-Packard Australia in-house legal team (South Australia) | Providing legal advice to individuals at Catherine House. | Catherine House & Fisher Jefferies | 22 Feb 2016 |
| Hewlett-Packard Australia in-house legal team (NSW) | Providing legal advice and expertise on referral from Justice Connect. | Justice Connect | 24 Feb 2016 |
| Bradley Holland & Michael Coleman | Providing legal advice to The Mindful Employer – a program of SANE Australia. | SANE Australia | 10 Mar 2016 |
| Bendigo and Adelaide Bank in-house legal team | Providing legal advice on referral from Justice Connect. | Justice Connect | 18 Mar 2016 |
| Peter Skidmore | Providing legal advice to clients of Manly-Warringah Women’s Resources Centre Ltd | Manly-Warringah Women’s Resources Centre Ltd | 15 April 2016 |
| Carnival Australia in house team | Providing legal assistance to Special Olympics Australia | Norton Rose Fulbright | 22 April 2016 |
| Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd | Mapping resources available to those effected by economic abuse and family violence | Norton Rose Fulbright | 2 May 2016 |
| Aimee McVeigh & Andrea de Schmidt | Providing legal assistance to clients of Disability Law Queensland | Disability Law Queensland | 24 May 2016 |
| Christiana Doran | Legal advice to charity | Cause Corps Ltd | 30 May 2016 |
| In-house lawyers at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited | Legal advice to United Nations Youth Victoria Inc | United Nations Youth Victoria Inc | 31 May 2016 |
| Catherine Bennett | Providing legal advice to Living Positive Victoria | Living Positive Victoria | 15 June 2016 |
| Vicinity in-house team | Pro bono legal advice as referred by Justice Connect | Justice Connect | 8 July 2016 |
| ANZ in-house team | Pro bono legal work and advice as referred by Justice Connect | Justice Connect | 6 September 2016 |
| Macquarie Group in-house team | Providing legal advice to homeless clients of the Wayside Chapel | The Wayside Chapel and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre | 13 September 2016 |
| Accenture in-house team | Undertaking legal research and drafting a “Best Practice Guide” regarding domestic and family violence policies | ACON, Pride in Diversity and Norton Rose Fulbright | 26 September 2016 |
| In-house team at eBay Australia & New Zealand | Providing pro bono assistance in partnership with Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Corrs Chambers Westgarth | 30 September 2016 |
| In-house team at AEMO | Pro bono legal advice as referred by Justice Connect | Justice Connect | 27 October 2016 |
| Robert Jacobs | Pro bono legal assistance to young people, primarily children in care or those who are in some way disadvantaged | N/A | 20 December 2016 |
| Nissan in-house legal team | Pro bono legal advice to the Nissan Australia Foundation | N/A | 21 December 2016 |
| Benjamin Dawkins | Providing pro bono legal assistance to an individual in relation to an application for an extraordinary drivers license | N/A | 9 January 2017 |
| Dan Cootes | Providing pro bono legal advice to East Willoughby Pre-school Inc | East Willoughby Pre-school Inc | 18 January 2017 |
| Lara Proske | Pro bono legal work referred to CSO lawyers as part of JusticeNet SA’s Refugee and Asylum Seeker Project | Crown Solicitor’s Office (SA) and JusticeNet SA | 19 January 2017 |
| Phoebe Wallace | Providing pro bono legal assistance to Women in Film and TV, a not-for-profit | Women in Film and TV | 27 February 2017 |
| Amanda Frasca | Pro bono legal work for individual clients referred from Justice Net SA Inc, as part of their Refugee and Asylum Seeker Project. | JusticeNet | 1 July to 31 December 2018 |