04. Access to Legal Counsel

04.10. Information, notices and/or decisions relating to a detainee’s detention, transfer, asylum and/or migration status, or removal is communicated in a timely way to the detainee and to his/her legal representative.

04. Access to Legal Counsel,A. Detention and Immigration Procedures

04.09. Immigration detainees and their legal representatives receive adequate and timely written notice of all interviews, review and appeal hearings relating to detention, protection, immigration and removal processes and procedures.

04. Access to Legal Counsel,A. Detention and Immigration Procedures

04.11. Immigration detainees are given adequate opportunities, time and facilities for timely and fully confidential legal consultation and communication, whether in person, by post, or through telephone or other electronic communication.

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04.12. Detention does not serve, whether directly or indirectly, to limit or otherwise obstruct access to legal counsel.

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04.03. Immigration detainees have prompt access to legal advice and assistance from suitably qualified and competent legal representatives, and in any case not later than forty-eight hours from the time of arrest or detention.

04. Access to Legal Counsel,A. Detention and Immigration Procedures

04.04. Free legal advice and assistance is available to immigration detainees, and eligibility guidelines are clear and accessible.

04. Access to Legal Counsel,A. Detention and Immigration Procedures

04.05. Immigration detainees are provided with information on the standards of legal advice they are entitled to expect and how to access and use complaints procedures if they require them.

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04.06. Immigration detainees are entitled to choose and/or change legal representatives, and are entitled to have more than one legal representative to assist them with separate legal issues.

04. Access to Legal Counsel,A. Detention and Immigration Procedures

04.07. Immigration detainees have easy, unimpeded and free access to telephone, fax and email communications with legal advisers (through interpreters if necessary), as well as copying facilities, especially between visits and between hearings.

04. Access to Legal Counsel,A. Detention and Immigration Procedures

04.08. Immigration detainees are able to request to have their legal representatives (and an interpreter, where necessary) present during any interview with government officials or their agents impacting on their rights or status, including staff of the place of detention, and to have a copy of the interview record, whether written or electronic.

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