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A record year for VLA

Date : 04 Dec 2007

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) set three new performance records in 2006-07, making its 25th anniversary year an outstanding year.

VLA provided 42,020 grants of aid for people requiring legal representation in court. Up nearly 3,000 from the previous year, this is the first time in the history of Victoria Legal Aid that the number of grants exceeded 40,000. A record 95% of all applications were approved.  The third performance record was the 63,509 duty lawyer services, the highest number of services provided in any one year over the twenty five year history of the modern era of legal aid in Victoria.

In 2006-2007 VLA significantly increased fees paid for County and Supreme Court services in crime. Many of the fees paid to barristers and solicitors were increased by 40 to 70%, after the fees had remained static for over a decade.

For more information, download a copy of our latest annual report.