Victoria Legal Aid Handbook for Lawyers

Archived 21 July 2022

Table BB – Lump sum fees for Supreme Court civil cases

Table BB sets out the fees payable by Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) in a Supreme Court civil case.

These fees are effective from 1 January this year. For fees payable prior to this see Archived versions of the Handbook.

Service/proceedings Fee payable
Preparation – lawyer (up to 20 hours) $5,500
Preparation of submissions and conferences – counsel (up to 10 hours) $2,990
Appearance by counsel – first and subsequent day $2,232

Practitioners can claim these fees using ATLAS ==REPACE TEXT HERE== or submitting a tax invoice.

Reviewed 16 February 2022