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Simplified Grants Process News

SGP News is a quarterly newsletter for s29A panel practitioners. It is emailed to panel members as a guide for practitioners and their staff to:

keep panel practitioners up-to-date with changes to Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) policies, procedures and guidelines
invite two-way communication between VLA's Compliance Team and panel practitioners.

For more information, to provide feedback or to contact the Compliance Team, please email compliance@vla.vic.gov.au.

Simplified grants process news - Edition 7 - September 2009 - PDF, 721.0kb Topics in this edition include family law, professional legal education and cost issues.
Simplified grants process news - Edition 6 - June 2009 - PDF, 705.0kb Topics include parenting orders, family law funding calculations and e-lodge document requirements
Simplified grants process news - Edition 5 - February 2009 - PDF, 560.0kb Topics include dissolution proceedings, unaided property matters and bail revocations.
October edition of Section 29A newsletter - PDF, 389.0kb Topics include fees for multiple accused, special circumstances, two counsel policy, interim welfare reports, s143 Confiscation Act and consent orders.
Simplified grants process news - 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.
Simplified grants process news - 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.
Simplified grants process news - Edition 1 - December 2007 - PDF, 450.0kb This edition looks at VLA's finance, assignments & business division, important changes for practitioners, clarification of VLA guidelines, procedures and policies

Last reviewed: 08 September 2009 Last modified: 06 October 2009