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Victoria Legal Aid Handbook for Lawyers

Lawyers

    • Handbook

      • 1 – Introduction
      • 2 – Types of matters that may be assisted
      • 3 – Criminal law guidelines
      • 4 – Commonwealth family law and child support guidelines
      • 4.1 – Family Violence and Cross-Examination of Parties Scheme
      • 5 – Commonwealth civil law guidelines
      • 6 – Child protection guidelines
      • 7 – State civil law guidelines
      • 8 – Public interest and strategic litigation
      • 9 – Standard grants assessment process
      • 10 – Simplified grants assessment process
      • 11 – Referral and practitioner panels
      • 12 – Means test
      • 13 – Commonwealth merits test
      • 14 – State reasonableness test and interests of justice test
      • 15 – Special circumstances
      • 16 – Applying for a grant of legal assistance
      • 17 – Decision to grant or refuse assistance
      • 18 – Reconsideration and review of decisions
      • 19 – Standard terms and conditions
      • 20 – Abandoning legal assistance
      • 21 – Finalising grants of legal assistance
      • 22 – Allocation of work to lawyers and law firms
      • 23 – Payments to lawyers and service providers
      • 24 – Quality Assurance
      • 25 – Privacy protection
      • 26 – Complaints and feedback
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