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
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Disbursements
- Interim claims for authorised disbursements
- Table OO – VLA rates for reimbursement of authorised disbursements/expenses
- Table Q – Expert reports and court attendances in family law matters
- Table S – Expert reports and court attendances by psychologists and psychiatrists in criminal matters
- Cost ceilings
- Stage of matter limits
- Lump sum fees
- Costs 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
Table S – Expert reports and court attendances by psychologists and psychiatrists in criminal matters
Table S sets out the fixed fees payable by Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) for expert reports and court attendances by psychologists and psychiatrists in criminal matters.
These fees are effective from 1 October 2011. For fees payable in matters prior to this date, see Disbursements in the VLA Handbook (September 2011).
| Service provided | Fee payable for psychologist | Fee payable for psychiatrist |
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| Assessment and report with jail conference | $656 | $737 |
| Assessment and report without jail conference | $575 | $656 |
| Treating expert report | $359 | $447 |
| Supplementary report | $324 | $406 |
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Evidentiary report by a psychiatrist to establish:
Before the assisted person incurs the fee, there must be explicit factual material which confirms a reasonable expectation of an organic psychiatric condition. |
– | $868 |
| Attendance at metropolitan court – half day, including travel | $406 | $494 |
| Attendance at regional court – half day, including travel | $575 | $656 |
| Non-attendance fee | $68 | $90 |