Legal Advice/Sources of Help

How can you contact JACS?

JACS has an office at Trinity House, West Centre, Bath Street, St. Helier, where the JACS team answers enquiries, by telephone or face-to-face, on a wide range of employment relations issues. JACS officially opened on April 5th 2001 and currently deals with about 5000 enquiries a year from employees, employers and trade unions. All calls or personal visits are dealt with strictly in confidence.

Please contact us on (01534) 730503 for a personal appointment and/or for telephone advice or simply call in at the office between 9.00am and 4.30pm. You can also contact us by fax on (01534) 733942 or by email at jacs@jacs.org.je

Can JACS give legal advice?

No. JACS telephone help-line can give you information and guidance only. You will need to talk to a lawyer or obtain advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB).

What is the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)?

CAB can give advice on a wide range of general and legal problems. It is staffed by people who have a sound knowledge of legal rights but who are not legal experts.

For more information look at the CAB website www.cab.org.je

Can I get legal aid if I need to talk to a lawyer?

A system of legal aid does exist and every person in Jersey is entitled to make application for legal aid, providing that the sum at issue is greater than £500. A lawyer (known as the Acting Batonnier) administers the legal aid scheme on a day to day basis and a new Acting Batonnier is appointed every two years. 

To apply for legal aid, you must attend in person to the legal aid office. As the offices change annually, you should contact the Freephone service: 0845 8001066 to obtain the current address. Office hours: 8:15am - 9:15am Monday through till Friday.