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["APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE"]
["PREPARATION FEES WORKSHEET/CHECKLIST - CORONIAL INQUEST/CIVIL - SOLICITOR"]
["For use by Section 30 Panel Practitioners and In House Lawyers"]
[]
["CLIENT NAME:",null,null,null,null,"VLA REF NO:"]
["Part A: Background"]
["Matters",null,null,null,"Details:","(If OTHER provide further details )"]
[]
[]
[]
["Where two Counsel are engaged, Junior counsel is only entitled to perusals."]
[]
["Part B Information",null,null,"TOTAL HRS"]
["Materials to Peruse*"]
["Transcripts",null,"pages"]
["Brief",null,"pages"]
["Other Documents ",null,"pages"]
["Total Perusals",{"$f":"SUM(B15:B17)","v":0},"pages, which equates to",{"$f":"SUM(B18/90)","v":0},"Hours at 90 pages/hr (“perusals”)"]
["*Documents required to be read and the legal implications considered."]
[]
[]
[]
["Materials to Scan**",null,null,null,"Details"]
["Photographs",null,"pages"]
["Other documents",null,"pages"]
["Total Scanning",{"$f":"SUM(B24:B25)","v":0},"pages, which equates to",{"$f":"IF(B26<=1800,B26/180)+IF(B26>1800,(10+(B26-1800)/540))","v":0},"Hours at 180 pages/hr (“scanning”) up to 10 hours\n10+ hours reduced by 1/3rd (ie 540 pages/hr)"]
["**Documents not included in materials to peruse (above)","."]
[]
[]
[]
["Other+"]
["Video/CCTV/CDs",null,"hours, which equates to:"]
["+Set out the disputed or material issues, the location and duration of the tapes / CDs that will need to be viewed or listened to"]
[]
[]
[]
["Part C: Relevant Guideline"]
[]
["I am                                             that the preparation sought is necessary and that I have all information necessary to make this decision."]
[]
["Part D: Decision"]
["I am                                               that a grant of assistance for additional preparation is warranted. (if aid refused strike out rest of Part D)"]
[]
["Perusals",null,"      hours"]
["Scanning"]
["Video/Audio Tape",null,"     ",null,null,{"$f":"IF((B47-20)<=15,B47-20,15)","v":-20},"SELECT"]
["Total",{"$f":"SUM(B44:B46)","v":0}]
["Less 20 hours",{"$f":"IF((B47-20)<=15,B47-20,15)","v":-20}," hours at the relevant hourly rate of",null,null,null,null,null,"being",{"$f":"(VLOOKUP(G46,Sheet1!$A$2:$B$7,2,FALSE))","v":{"$error":"#N/A"}},"per hour"]
["Preparation amount        $",{"$f":"IF(B48<=0.1,\"0\",SUM(B48*J48))","v":"0"},{"$f":"IF([1]Sheet2!P2=2,\"Revised Preparation Fee (previous prep has been granted)\",IF([1]Sheet2!P2=3,\"\",\"\"))","v":""}]
[]
[]
["Has a previous grant of aid been made for preparation in this matter?",null,"SELECT"]
["Revised amount (if applic.)"]
[]
["Details of previous grants ","Specify amount/details of any previuos grants of aid if applicable"]
["for preparation:"]
[]
[]
["The amount required for additional preparation is "]
["a grant of additional preparation as detailed above."]
[]
["Part E: Means "]
["The client's financial details have not changed since originally applying for aid, and all documentary proof of means are retained on file."]
[]
["Part F: Practitioner recommendation "]
["In my opinion the application meets the requirements of the relevant guideline and I recommend that assistance be granted.  All required substantiating documentation and information is on file.  I have informed my client of this recommendation. "]
[]
[]
["I acknowledge that under section 44(1) of the Legal Aid Act the provision of a false statement or a failure to disclose relevant information renders me liable to the penalties therein contained, and to action by VLA to remove me and my firm from the Simplified Grants Process and/or the referral panel maintained under section 30 of the Legal Aid Act."]
[]
[]
[null,null,null,"DATE"]
[]
["SIGNATURE",null,null,"Name & address of firm:"]
[]
[]
["PRINT PRACTITIONER’S NAME",null,null,"Reference:"]
[]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"        "]
[]
["Video/Audio tapes: VLA will only allow the viewing or listening of the pertinent hours of tapes and not the whole of the recorded material. Please allow only a proportion of the relevant time dealing with the disputed or material issues and not the viewing of the tapes in their entirety. Do not include material that is duplicated in transcripts."]

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["SELECT"]
["Coroners Court",168]
["Magistrates' Court",168]
["County Court",176]
["Supreme Court",280]
["FCCFC",280]
["QC rate (where QC approved)",409]
[]
["SELECT"]
["Satisfied"]
["Unsatified"]
[]
["SELECT"]
["Migration "]
["Coronial Inquest"]
["Appeal"]
["PISL"]
["High Court"]
[]
["SELECT"]
["State Matter"]
["Commonwealth Matter"]
[]
[]
["SELECT"]
["up to $3000 and I recommend"]
["in excess of $3000 and that total exceeds my delegation and I request"]