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
- 14 – Special circumstances
- 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
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23 – Payments to lawyers and service providers
- Professional costs
- Counsel's fees
- Payments to agents
- Duty lawyer schemes
- Disbursements
- Cost ceilings
- Stage of matter limits
- Lump sum fees
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Costs payable in criminal law matters
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Fee Schedule 1 – Lump sum and other fees payable in criminal law matters
- Fee Schedule 1A – Fees payable in criminal matters if an Appeal Costs Certificate has been granted
- Fee Schedule 4 – Counsel’s fees in criminal trials
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Fee Schedule 1 – Lump sum and other fees payable in criminal law matters
- Costs payable in State family matters
- Costs payable in Commonwealth family law matters
- Costs payable in civil law matters
- 24 – Compliance reviews
- 25 – Privacy protection
- 26 – Complaints and feedback
- Topic index
- Invoices, worksheets and forms
- Contact us
Fee Schedule 1 – Lump sum and other fees payable in criminal law matters
This fee schedule is effective from 1 October 2011.
For fees payable in matters prior to this date see Costs payable in criminal law matters in the VLA Handbook (September 2011).
Index
- Conditions for paying lump sum fees in criminal law matters
- Principles applying to payment of preparation fees to solicitors
- Summary criminal proceedings
- Table B – Lump sum fees for bail applications in the Magistrates’ Court and in the Criminal Division of the Children’s Court
- Table C – Lump sum fees for bail applications in the County Court
- Table D – Lump sum fees for bail applications in the Supreme Court
- Principles applying to Magistrates' Court stage of indictable matters fees
- Principles applying to payment of fees for the County or Supreme court stage of an indictable crime matter
- Table F(i) – Lump sum and other fees for serious indictable crime matters in the Children’s Court
- Table G – Lump sum fees for sentence appeals in the County Court
- Table H – Lump sum fees for appeals against sentence and conviction in the County Court
- Table J – Lump sum fees for County Court breach matters
- Table K – Lump sum fees for appeals to the Court of Appeal
- Table K(i) – Lump sum fees for appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions to the Court of Appeal
- Table K(ii) – Lump sum fees for interlocutory appeal
- Table L – Lump sum fees for criminal appeals in the High Court
- Table NN – Circuit fees for committals and bail, pleas and appeals in the County Court and solicitor out-of-office fees for trials
See also:
- Table S – Expert reports and court attendances by psychologists and psychiatrists in criminal matters
- Table T – Counsel’s fees in Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act matters
- Table Z – Fees for applications and reviews in Serious Sex Offender (Detention and Supervision) Act proceedings