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 – Public interest and strategic litigation
- 9 – Standard grants assessment process
- 10 – Simplified grants assessment process
- 11 – Referral and practitioner panels
- 12 – Means test
- 13 – Commonwealth merits test
- 14 – State reasonableness test and interests of justice test
- 15 – Special circumstances
- 16 – Applying for a grant of legal assistance
- 17 – Decision to grant or refuse assistance
- 18 – Reconsideration and review of decisions
- 19 – Standard terms and conditions
- 20 – Contributions and overdue payments
- 21 – Abandoning legal assistance
- 22 – Finalising grants of legal assistance
- 23 – Allocation of work to lawyers and law firms
- 24 – Payments to lawyers and service providers
- 25 – Compliance reviews
- 26 – Privacy protection
- 27 – Complaints and feedback
- Topic index
- Invoice, worksheets and forms
- Contact us
Disbursements
Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) will reimburse the following disbursements:
- any court fees required to be paid by a legally assisted person
- interpreters' fees
- service fees
- disbursements which have prior written approval of VLA.
Some disbursements must have prior approval, including:
- fees for investigations and professional/expert reports
- transcripts of evidence, plans and photographs.
Internal photocopying and facsimile charges are provided in the scales of professional costs and are not items of disbursements. However practitioners may claim as a disbursement any reasonable photocopying charges paid to another party, for example, copies of discoverable documents.
VLA will not allow courier or delivery fees as disbursements. Courier and delivery fees are incorporated in the items on the scales of professional costs for the attendance on counsel with brief, and for attendances upon witnesses.