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
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24 – Payments to lawyers and service providers
- Professional costs
- Counsel's fees
- Payments to agents
- Duty lawyer schemes
- Disbursements
- Cost ceilings
- Stage of matter limits
- Lump sum fees
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Costs payable in criminal law matters
- Fee Schedule 1 – Lump sum and other fees payable in criminal law matters
- Fee Schedule 1A – Fees payable in criminal matters if an Appeal Costs Certificate has been granted
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Fee Schedule 4 – Counsel’s fees in criminal trials
- Costs payable in State family matters
- Costs payable in Commonwealth family law matters
- Costs payable in civil law matters
- 25 – Compliance reviews
- 26 – Privacy protection
- 27 – Complaints and feedback
- Topic index
- Invoice, worksheets and forms
- Contact us
Fee Schedule 4 – Counsel’s fees in criminal trials
This fee schedule is effective from 1 January 2014.
Note: Victoria Legal Aid 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 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 2014
All appearances and additional preparation completed prior to 1 January 2014 attract the old fees - see Costs payable in criminal law matters in the VLA Handbook (December 2013).
For all other fees payable prior to 1 January 2014, see Archived versions of the Handbook.