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Group & Customised Legal Plans

In todays environment Legal Risk is everywhere - a legal plan is the smart, simple and affordable solution - let us tailor a legal plan to suit you:

Group or Customised personal legal plans are either Employer specific or Industry based plans that provide legal coverage for busineses that are part of an Association, or for group coverage of employees of a large employer as part of an employee benefit scheme providing access to comprehensive legal support whenever they might have a problem, without fear of the cost. Our customised business or personal legal plans are an easy to administer benefit that provides your employees with convient, professional legal council at virtually no cost to the employer. Custom legal plans offer a full range of services providing for legal advice and representation on personal matters (employment and business related matters are excluded from coverage under an employee group plan).

Our customized personal legal plans are an easy-to-administer benefit that provide your employees with convenient, professional legal counsel at virtually no cost to the employer. For organizations with more than 100 benefit-eligible employees, a group legal plan can be designed for your organization. Pre-Paid Legal works with your HR and benefits staff to find a solution that meets your employees' needs.

With proper legal advice most problems can be avoided or quickly resolved. If further services are needed, such as a letter sent, a contract prepared or reviewed or representation required in court, a group legal plan will ensure you have the right legal support to provide the correct advice or assistance to handle the matter effectively and at a substantially reduced cost.

Our Student Legal Plan is a cost effective introductory legal plan providing students with access to a wide range of legal services at substancial savings. View Here.
Our Apprentice/Trainee Legal Plan is designed to provide apprentices and trainees access to full legal support when they may need it at substancially reduced rates. This plan is only available to apprentices and trainees who are employed and currently working through their term of indenture. View Here.
A Group Employee plan is designed for employers to offer their employees legal plan coverage on a collective group basis. Business`s must employee more than 100 employees to be eligiable. Request more information.
A Customised Business plan is designed for an association or business group to offer to their business members legal plan coverage on a collective basis. Request more information.

Group Legal Plans start from as little as $14.00 per month plus GST and are tailored specifically to meet the needs of those covered.

Personal Plans

No matter where you are in life - starting your first job, retiring, or something in between - we have a legal plan to suit you:

A Pre-Paid Legal plan lets you as a member talk to a lawyer whenever you might have a problem, without fear of the cost. With proper legal advice most problems can be avoided or quickly resolved. If further services are needed, such as a letter sent, a contract reviewed or representation in court, your pre-paid legal plan will ensure you have the right lawyer to provide the right advice or support to handle the matter correctly and at a substantially reduced cost. Having a solicitor readily available means peace of mind and is the best way to protect your rights and ensure yourself of legal assistance when you need it.

Personal Plan benefits include:

Preventative legal services
- Telephone advice and consultation
- Face to face consultation
- Phone calls and letters to third parties
- A simple Will including updates and powers of attorney
- Contract and document review and preparation.
Sale and purchase of property/land.
Banking & finance legal services.
Motor Vehicle/Recreational Water Craft legal services.
Family/De facto law.
Employment and Workplace Relations.
Medical/Dental/Health Professional Negligence.
Court proceedings – Civil and criminal.
Income Taxation legal services.
Legal Shield – a 24 hour emergency service.
With Other Legal Services – covered at a preferred member rate for pre-existing issues and legal services not specifically included under your Personal Plan.

Please refer to the individual plans below for the level of Legal Services provided under each plan.

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The Legal Access Plan is a cost effective introductory legal plan providing access to a wide range of personal legal services with savings tailored for those who are seeking an introduction to legal support, including single parents and those whose finances are often stretched. View Here.
The Value Plan is a cost effective legal plan that provides access to a wide range of legal services tailored specifically to suit the needs of seniors, retirees and those on pensions. View Here.
The Employee/Contractor Plan will provide for the employee or contractor whilst in the work environment as well as any personal legal issues that arise outside. View Here.
The Singles Plan is designed to meet the needs of financially independent single adults who have hectic lifestyles and want legal protection and access when they need it. View Here.
The Family Plan is a comprehensive and expanded legal plan that provides extensive access to a wide range of legal services and benefits for the whole family. View Here.

Personal Plans start from as little as $18.00 per month plus GST.

Business Plans

No matter what type of business you operate - Company, Trust, Partnership, Sole Trader, Association or something else - we have a legal plan to suit you:

One of the first steps in protecting the value of your business is to have an accurate understanding and knowledge of the law.

A Business Legal plan lets you as a business owner talk to a lawyer whenever you might have a problem, without fear of the cost. With proper legal advice most problems can be avoided or quickly resolved. If further services are needed, such as a letter sent, a contract reviewed or representation in court, your business legal plan will ensure you have the right lawyer to provide the right advice or support to handle the matter correctly and at a substantially reduced cost.

Business Plan benefits include:

Preventative legal services, including:
- Telephone advice and consultation
- Face to face consultation
- Phone calls and letters to third parties
- Contract and document review and preparation
- Recoveries and Debt collection
- Insurance law
- Specialist consultation
Sale and Purchase of property/business
Banking & Finance legal services
Motor Vehicle/Commercial Water Craft legal services
Employment and Workplace Relations
Court proceedings
Income Taxation legal services
Other Legal Services – for pre-existing issues and legal services not included in the Business Plans.

Along with these legal services are other business based services specifically for business plan members through PPL's Business Network.

Please refer to the individual Plans below for the level of legal services provided under each plan.

The Business Basics Plan is a cost effective introductory legal plan providing small business with access to a wide range of legal services at substancial savings. View Here.
The Home Based Business Plan is a cost effective legal plan for those businesses who operate from a residential address. This plan is only available to businesses employing five or fewer employees and must be a registered business name or an incorporated business. View Here.
The Small Business Plan is for businesses operating from commercial premises with fifty (50) or fewer employees. View Here.
The Extended Business Plan is designed to meet the needs of businesses with more than fifty (50) but less than one hundred (100) employees. View Here.
The Rural Producer Plan is only available to rural producers with a registered business name, or an incorporated private business or a family trust with up to 5 employees. The owner(s) or director(s) must reside on the property where the rural produce is raised or grown. The immediate family of the primary member are provided for under this plan. View Here.

Business Plans start from as little as $36.00 per month plus GST.

For Employers

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How are you attracting and retaining quality employees?

Quality staff can be hard to come by and to recruit and retain talented employees is getting harder with the costs of doing so inceasing.
One way of retaining your employees is by adding increased value to their employment as an employee entitlement, such as legal protection as part of an employee benefit scheme.

Why offer a Legal Benefit Plan to your employees

There are immense benefits for employers in ensuring employees have appropriate access to legal support. Most employers do not realise the detrimental impact employee legal and financial problems have on workplace productivity. Employees are three times more likely to be involved in a legal life event than be admitted to hospital in any given year and take more time off work for legal matters than they do for health related ones.

In today`s world almost all employees experience life events that have potential legal ramifications, leading to time off work resulting in direct financial cost and impact on a business's overall performance and its profitability. Statistics show that 7 out of 10 employees experience at least one legal life event a year.

The most common of these being the following:

Personal property issues, such as the sale or purchase of a car or boat, renting an apartment or refinancing a home, hiring a contractor for work on a residence.
Personal financial matters such as credit problems, debt collection, estate planning and tax issues and at the very worst bankruptcy.
Family related events such as domestic disputes, seperation or divorce resulting in a need for legal counseling.
Death of a family member and the administration of an estate, or the long term care of an elderly loved one and their placement in a nursing home.
Traffic violations and infrindgements.
The creation of a Will and financial planning needs.

Whilst these are common problems and your employees do have them. The real problem often is that they do not know where to find the best legal advice or support - except to take a stab in the yellow pages or search the internet for a local referral service. A legal plan helps solve these problems.

One of the keys to being an employer of choice is to demonstrate employee worth by not just the money you pay them but how you treat and reward them in non-monetary ways. It is this that will set your business apart from others and ensure you stand a better chance of winning in the 'war for talent'.

Legal Benefits make sense....

It's a known fact... Employees do not perform well when confronted with legal problems. If your receptionist is worrying about her son's arrest... your customer service representative is in a dispute with his landlord... or your top salesman is bickering with a car repair shop... they are not thinking about work.

Most employees are convinced they can not afford a lawyer and often try to unsuccessfully handle complex problems on their own. Others are intimidated by the law or are simply unsure of how to find the right lawyer for their matter.

Whatever the reason, foregoing legal help leads to damages far beyond the scope of the original problem. An employee can suffer anxiety, frustration, and financial loss. At work, this often leads to distractions, loss of productivity and reduced attendance, all of which have a direct impact on a business's bottom line.

Seldom do employees ask for a legal benefit. But when you ask if an employee has a specific problem or need that requires legal advice to resolve, the answer in most cases is “Yes, I have that kind of problem.” Very few employees are aware that a legal plan provides them the support they need to address these problems. As an Employer you can now offer them the Employee legal cover they need and the peace of mind they deserve.

Pre-Paid Legal Services offers an incredibly powerful employee benefit in the form of the Employee/Contractor Legal Plan which is affordable and can be funded either by you as the employer or through direct payment or salary sacrifice by the employee. So enhance employee wellness by offering them an Employee/Contractor legal plan. It makes good sense.

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Become A Legal Services Provider

Law firms are encouraged to apply for the provision of Legal Services to Pre-Paid Legal Members by becoming part of our Legal Service Provider network.

Pre-Paid Legal believes that its Legal Service Provider Network is a direct reflection of the company itself.

Pre-Paid Legal has continually attracted and retained some of the highest quality law firms to provide services to its members as Legal Service Providers. In fact, Pre-Paid Legal members continually rate our Legal Service Provider Law Firms among the best.

Currently, Pre-Paid Legal members across North America, as well as South East Asia are supported by a network of more than 100,000 lawyers and the Pre-Paid Legal Network continues to grow as membership expands. Pre-Paid Legal employs strict guidelines when screening prospective Legal Service Providers.

Please note: All Legal Service Providers providing the legal services must meet certain criteria in order to be considered as a provider to Pre-Paid Legal.

To ensure that our members' interests are represented only by caring and experienced high quality law firms, we require the law firm to:

Be established with a minimum of 20 years of operation;
Be in good standing with the Legal Practice Board in their respective State or Territory;
Provide specialist lawyers in the areas required under our legal service plans;
Have a history in practising a service philosophy parallel to that of Pre-Paid Legal Services;
Understand and empathise with the needs of our members and their legal problems;
Provide courteous and professional service at all times;
Treat all members as if they were their largest client, in most cases.

Pre-Paid Legal continually monitors the quality of service received by our members through a variety of quality control methods, including:

Legal Service Provider Profiles
Member Satisfaction Surveys
Member Feedback Requests
Selected Case Filing
Regular Providers' Meetings

Australian Legal Insurance Our Legal Service Plans provide members with coverage for many types of personal and business legal matters, including but not limited to:

Preventative Legal Services, covering;Land and Business Law
- Legal Consultation and Correspondence
- Contract and Document Review & Preparation
- Wills, Powers of Attourney
Land and Business Law
Banking and Finance Legal Services
Motor Vehicle Legal Services
Family/Defacto Law
Employment and Workplace Relations
Medical / Dental / Health Professional Negligence
Court Proceedings - Civil and Criminal
Income Taxation Legal Services
24 Hour Emergency Legal Access
Preferred Member Discount Services
And more.

If you practice law in any of the above areas or others mentioned in this website and are in good standing with the Legal Practice Board in your State or Territory, have a minimum of 20 years experience and believe you have a service philosophy to meet the needs of our members, please complete the following information form.

Click Here to join the Pre-Paid Legal Service Provider Network