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
- 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
Table NN – Circuit fees for committals and bail, pleas and appeals in the County Court and solicitor out-of-office fees for trials
Table NN sets out the fees payable by Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) for the following hearings in a circuit town:
- committals, bail hearings and pleas in the County Court and Supreme Court
- appeals in the County Court
- solicitor’s out-of-office fees for trial.
These fees are 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).
The circuit fees payable to counsel for appearances in criminal trials in the Supreme Court or in the County Court of the gazetted circuit towns are contained in Table RR.
Except where counsel or solicitor advocate practices in the circuit town or a surrounding township, the circuit fees in Table NN are payable for counsel or solicitor advocate in relation to appearances for contested committals in the Magistrates’ Court and plea hearings in the County or Supreme Court.
These fees also apply where counsel or a solicitor advocate who practices in a circuit town has a matter in Melbourne.
| Court | First day | Second and later days | Overnight fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat | $202 | $134 | $145 |
| Bairnsdale | $221 | $147 | $145 |
| Ballarat | $144 | $98 | $145 |
| Bendigo | $168 | $112 | $145 |
| Colac | $170 | $112 | $145 |
| Geelong | $122 | $81 | $145 |
| Hamilton | $231 | $154 | $145 |
| Horsham | $231 | $154 | $145 |
| Kerang | $231 | $154 | $145 |
| Korumburra | $144 | $98 | $145 |
| Mildura | $280 (Note: if the return economy airfare is more than the first day circuit fee, VLA will pay the airfare instead of the first day circuit fee.) |
$189 | $145 |
| Morwell | $170 | $112 | $145 |
| Sale | $202 | $132 | $145 |
| Shepparton | $191 | $130 | $145 |
| Wangaratta | $211 | $143 | $145 |
| Warragul | $154 | $104 | $145 |
| Warrnambool | $221 | $147 | $145 |
| Wodonga | $231 | $154 | $145 |
Solicitor out-of-office fees
Except where the instructing solicitor practises in the circuit town or a surrounding township, VLA will pay an additional sum in accordance with the first day circuit fee in Table NN for each visit to the circuit town.
These fees also apply where an instructing solicitor who practises in a circuit town has a matter in Melbourne.