Table of contents
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Table of contents
- 1 – Introduction
- 2 – Types of matters that may be assisted
- 3 – Criminal law guidelines
- 4 – Commonwealth family law and child support guidelines
- 5 – Commonwealth civil law guidelines
- 6 – State family guidelines
- 7 – State civil law guidelines
- 8 – Standard grants assessment process
- 9 – Simplified grants assessment process
- 10 – Referral and practitioner panels
- 11 – Means test
- 12 – Commonwealth merits test
- 13 – State reasonableness test and interests of justice test
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14 – Special circumstances
- The Commonwealth’s special circumstances
- The State’s special circumstances
- Additional information requirements
- 15 – Applying for a grant of legal assistance
- 16 – Decision to grant or refuse assistance
- 17 – Reconsideration and review of decisions
- 18 – Standard terms and conditions
- 19 – Contributions and overdue payments
- 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 – Compliance reviews
- 25 – Privacy protection
- 26 – Complaints and feedback
- Topic index
- Invoices, worksheets and forms
- Contact us
Additional information requirements
If the legal matter is outside the Commonwealth or State guidelines, but the person or their lawyer (if any) considers that either the person applying or the matter falls into any of either the Commonwealth’s special circumstances or the State’s special circumstances (whichever may be relevant), then the person or their lawyer should attach to the person’s application form:
- a memorandum or letter detailing the nature and extent of the special circumstances
- the effect of the special circumstances on the ability of the person seeking assistance to adequately represent themselves
and - any additional information that supports the argument that special circumstances apply.