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Simplified Grants Process newsletter

Updates on the simplified grants process for section 29A panel practitioners are now included in Legal Aid Brief, Victoria Legal Aid's fortnightly eNewsletter.

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Past issues

Edition 15 - September 2011 - PDF, 781.0kb Topics include an increase in legal aid fees to practitioners, claims for fees where retrospective assistance is required, fees for change of plea applications, and key contact information for the Assignments Unit.
Edition 14 - July 2011 - PDF, 462.0kb Topics include changes to whole of job fees in criminal law, family law forum tests, and ATLAS+ updates.
Edition 13 - April 2011 - PDF, 512.0kb Topics include indictable crime holding grants, intervention order applicants, collating files for compliance checks, and more. This edition also includes ATLAS FAQs, and a quick guide to retrospective assistance.
Edition 12 - December 2010 - PDF, 144.0kb Topics include unaided property cases in family law, distant venue fee, family law court filing fees, and changes to services for the launch of ATLAS.
Edition 11 - September 2010 - PDF, 283.0kb Topics include recovery orders, Centrelink e-services and divorce applications.
Edition 10 - June 2010 - PDF, 134.0kb Topics include the ARC List, proof of matter, prior convictions, and disclosure and proof of means for financially associated persons.
Edition 9 - March 2010 - PDF, 148.0kb Topics include roundtable dispute management, change of policy in breach offences, and matter not reached fee in indictable criminal cases.
Edition 8 - December 2009 - PDF, 198.0kb Topics include summary case conferences, paternity test worksheets, and retrospective grants of assistance.
Edition 7 - September 2009 - PDF, 721.0kb Topics in this edition include family law, professional legal education and cost issues.
Edition 6 - June 2009 - PDF, 705.0kb Topics include parenting orders, family law funding calculations and e-lodge document requirements
Edition 5 - February 2009 - PDF, 560.0kb Topics include dissolution proceedings, unaided property matters and bail revocations.
Edition 4 – October 2008 - PDF, 388.0kb This edition looks at fees for multiple accused, special circumstances, two counsel policy, interim welfare reports, Section 143 Confiscation Act, and consent orders.
Edition 3 - July 2008 - PDF, 298.0kb Topics include transfer procedure, proof of means, checklists and the simplified grants process, home equity means test, child protections matters,fee schedule 1L, recovery orders and parenting orders, and enforcement proceedings.
Edition 2 - April 2008 - PDF, 449.0kb Topics include equitable charges, proof of means, equitable property means test, change of practitioner requests, notes on VLA guidelines.
Edition 1 - December 2007 - PDF, 450.0kb