Fee Schedule 4 – Counsel’s fees in criminal trials

This fee schedule is effective from 1 January 2015.

Note: Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) does not pay counsel’s accounts direct. The assigned lawyer is responsible for lodging, administering and paying counsel’s accounts and should ensure that all accounts are settled before closing and finalising the file and the grant.

Index

• Principles applying to payment of preparation fees to counsel
  • Table ZZ – Hourly rates for counsel’s preparation fees and conferences in criminal trials
• Table RR – Counsel’s circuit fees
• Table M – Guide to fees for counsel in criminal trials
• 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

Fees prior to 1 January 2015

All appearances and additional preparation completed prior to 1 January 2015 attract the old fees – see Costs payable in criminal law matters in the VLA Handbook (December 2014).

For all other fees payable prior to 1 January 2015, see Archived versions of the Handbook.