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
- Costs payable in criminal law matters
- Costs payable in State family matters
- Costs payable in Commonwealth family law matters
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Costs payable in civil law matters
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Fee Schedule 2 – Professional costs, lump sum and other fees in civil law matters
- Fee Schedule 5 – Fees in migration cases
- Fee Schedule 6 – Fees in war veterans’ cases
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Fee Schedule 2 – Professional costs, lump sum and other fees in civil law matters
- 25 – Compliance reviews
- 26 – Privacy protection
- 27 – Complaints and feedback
- Topic index
- Invoice, worksheets and forms
- Contact us
Fee Schedule 2 – Professional costs, lump sum and other fees in civil law matters
These fees are effective from 1 January 2014.
Where a grant of legal assistance is made for a matter not otherwise provided in this section, costs will be fixed on a case-by-case basis. Professional costs will usually be calculated at 80 per cent of the relevant court scale.
Index
- Preparation fees for counsel in civil law matters
- Principles applying to payment of fees in Personal Safety Intervention Order Act 2010 matters
- Table N – Lump sum fees for coronial inquests
- Table O – Lump sum fees for hearings before the Mental Health Review Board, the Forensic Leave Panel and the Guardianship List
- Table V – Social security reviews and appeals
- Table V(i) – Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal
- Table W – Equal opportunity cases
- Table X – Lump sum fees for Infringements Court cases
- Table Y – Lump sum fees for Chief Examiner or Examiner (Witness Assistance) court cases
Fees prior to 1 January 2014
For fees payable in civil law matters prior to 1 January 2014, see Costs payable in civil law matters in the VLA Handbook (December 2013).
For fees payable prior to this, see Archived versions of the Handbook.