Step 5 of 20 · Stage 4, Core domains
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Legal & Tenancy
Tenancy, police statements, court/tribunal and consumer rights.
21 lessons · 19 dialogues · 1 vocabulary deck · 1 mock test · 4h 29m
After this step you can
- Interpret tenancy agreements, police statements and tribunal hearings
- Keep legal terms of art precise instead of paraphrasing them
- Stay strictly in first person, even when the speaker is accusing someone
Watch out for
Explaining instead of interpreting. Adding your own clarification to a legal term is an addition, and it's marked as one.
Before you start: finish Step 4 · Health & Medical. Nothing is locked, but the path is ordered for a reason.
What's inside, in order
21 lessons across 2 units, easiest first.
Warm-ups
Short, gentle warm-up dialogues to build your confidence before the full settings.
- Unlock →Warm-up: Asking at the Legal Centre Front DeskPractice dialogue · 4 min
A gentle first rep: help a visitor at the front desk of a community legal centre find the right person to talk to.
- Unlock →Easy: Booking a Free First AppointmentPractice dialogue · 5 min
A short, friendly exchange: book a free first appointment with a solicitor and find out what to bring.
- Unlock →Building up: A Plain-Language Question About a LetterPractice dialogue · 6 min
Building up to real length: help someone understand a confusing letter about money and work out the calm next step.
Legal & Tenancy
Tenancy, police statements, court/tribunal and consumer rights.
- Unlock →Legal & Tenancy vocabularyVocabulary deck · 8 min
The high-value English ↔ Tamil terms for this domain.
- Unlock →Tenancy Dispute: Bond, Repairs and a Notice to VacatePractice dialogue · 14 min
A Tamil-speaking tenant attends a community legal centre in Melbourne. The agent is withholding the full bond over alleged carpet damage and has issued a notice to vacate. The tenancy worker explains the tenant's rights, the RTBA bond process, urgent repairs and a possible VCAT application.
- Unlock →Police Interview: Giving a Witness Statement After a CollisionPractice dialogue · 14 min
A Tamil-speaking man witnessed a serious car collision and has come voluntarily to a Melbourne police station to give a statement. The officer cautions him, clarifies his status as a witness (not a suspect), and takes a detailed account. Register is careful and procedural.
- Unlock →Court Appearance: Plea, Adjournment and ProcedurePractice dialogue · 14 min
A Tamil-speaking defendant appears at a Magistrates' Court for a minor assault charge. A duty lawyer from Legal Aid explains the charge, the difference between pleading guilty and not guilty, the option of an adjournment to get advice, and bail conditions. The register is formal and procedural.
- Unlock →Consumer Rights: A Faulty Phone and a Refund RefusalPractice dialogue · 14 min
A Tamil-speaking customer returns a faulty mobile phone to a store, but the manager only offers a repair. A consumer-affairs officer explains Australian Consumer Law, the difference between a major and minor fault, and the customer's right to a refund or replacement. This is an accessible, everyday scenario.
- Unlock →Family Law: Applying for an Intervention OrderPractice dialogue · 14 min
A Tamil-speaking woman meets a family-violence support worker to discuss applying for a family-violence intervention order against her husband, and interim parenting arrangements for the children. The register is sensitive, supportive and careful; the topic is family violence.
- Unlock →Wills and Estates: Making a Will and Appointing an ExecutorPractice dialogue · 14 min
An elderly Tamil-speaking man meets a solicitor to make his first will. The solicitor explains appointing an executor, naming beneficiaries, what happens if there is no will, and setting up an enduring power of attorney. The register is formal but warm.
- Unlock →Small Claims Tribunal: Recovering Money Owed for Completed WorkPractice dialogue · 14 min
A self-employed tiler comes to the VCAT registry to lodge a small claim against a customer who has refused to pay the final $4,800 for a completed bathroom job, and the registrar explains the fee, the claim limit, the evidence needed, and that no lawyer is required.
- Unlock →Enduring Power of Attorney and Guardianship: Planning for an Ageing Parent's Loss of CapacityPractice dialogue · 14 min
An adult child meets a solicitor to set up an enduring power of attorney and enduring guardianship for their seventy-eight-year-old mother, recently diagnosed with early-stage dementia, covering the split between financial and personal/health decisions, when each begins, and the attorney's duties.
- Unlock →Police Interview After An AffrayPractice dialogue · 14 min
At a police station, a Tamil-speaking man is formally interviewed as a suspect over an alleged affray outside a licensed venue on 12 March, and the interpreter must render the caution, right to silence, EROI warning and questions precisely.
- Unlock →Preparing A Bail Application In CustodyPractice dialogue · 14 min
A duty solicitor meets a Tamil-speaking man held in custody on a serious assault charge to prepare a bail application, explaining the 'unacceptable risk' test and the proposed conditions before tomorrow's Magistrates' Court hearing.
- Unlock →Overdue Speeding Fine and Licence SuspensionPractice dialogue · 14 min
A fines enforcement officer telephones a Tamil-speaking motorist to explain that a $410 speeding fine is now overdue with added enforcement costs and is heading toward licence suspension, and sets out the payment and nomination options.
- Unlock →Property Settlement After A Twelve-Year MarriagePractice dialogue · 14 min
A family lawyer advises a Tamil-speaking client on the four-step property settlement of an approximately $780,000 asset pool, a proposed 60/40 split, a superannuation splitting order, and consent orders in the Federal Circuit and Family Court.
- Unlock →Unfair Dismissal Conciliation At The Fair Work CommissionPractice dialogue · 14 min
In a telephone conciliation conference, a Fair Work Commission conciliator handles a Tamil worker's unfair dismissal claim, weighing the employer's genuine-redundancy defence against reinstatement or capped compensation and exploring a settlement offer.
- Unlock →Applying for Victims Services Support After an Armed RobberyPractice dialogue · 14 min
A Victims Services caseworker helps a Tamil-speaking shopkeeper who was the victim of an armed robbery apply for counselling and financial support, explaining the payment categories, amounts, the required police event number and the two-year time limit.
- Unlock →Neighbour Fence Dispute At TribunalPractice dialogue · 14 min
A tribunal mediator works through a neighbour dispute over a Fencing Notice for a $3,600 Colorbond boundary fence, testing a 'sufficient fence' standard and brokering a proportionate contribution.
- Unlock →First Advice at the Magistrates' Court: A Shoplifting ChargePractice dialogue · 14 min
At the Magistrates' Court, a Legal Aid duty lawyer gives first advice to a Tamil-speaking woman charged with stealing $220 of goods from a supermarket on her first offence, covering guilty/not-guilty pleas, a section 10 non-conviction, character references and a grant of legal aid.
- Unlock →Legal & Tenancy mock testMock test · 22 min
A two-dialogue mock drawn from Legal & Tenancy under exam conditions — marked out of 90.
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