Victoria Legal Aid Handbook for Lawyers

Guideline 4 – equal opportunity and discrimination cases

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) may make a grant of legal assistance to a person for an equal opportunity or discrimination case if VLA is satisfied that there is a strong prospect that there will be a benefit to the person.

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) may make a grant of legal assistance to a person for an equal opportunity or discrimination case if VLA is satisfied that there is a strong prospect that there will be a benefit to the person.

Documentary Requirements

Applications under this guideline can only be submitted via thestandard grants assessment processExternal Link . Matters under this guideline are treated the same as State equal opportunity matters, with the allocation of work guidelineExternal Link also applicable.

A lawyer seeking a grant of legal assistance should submit an application via ATLAS External Link for assessment, including all of the following documents:

Note

The State reasonableness testExternal Link applies to this guideline, not the Commonwealth merits testExternal Link .

Reviewed 26 April 2023

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