Lawyers' news

• October edition of VLA's newsletter for Section 29A practitioners
  Date: 24 October 2008
  Topics include fees for multiple accused, special circumstances, two counsel policy, interim welfare reports, s143 Confiscation Act and consent orders.
• Section 29A panels – invitation for expressions of interest
  Date: 16 October 2008
  Expressions of interest are being sought from practitioners interested in joining the Section 29A panels.
• July 2008 edition of VLA's newsletter for Section 29A practitioners
  Date: 10 July 2008
  Topics include transfer procedure, proof of means, checklists and the simplified grants process, home equity means test, fee schedule 1L, recovery orders and parenting orders, and enforcement proceedings.
• Change to the Assets test
  Date: 27 February 2008
  VLA has implemented a decrease in the threshold for allowable equity in an applicant's principle place of residence to $100,000.
• Changes to Family Law funding
  Date: 22 February 2008
  VLA has adopted new strategies to deal with financial pressures on VLA's Commonwealth funded family law programs.
• Simplified grants process (SGP) newsletter launched
  Date: 08 January 2008
  The first edition of the Simplified Grants Process (SGP) newsletter, is now available.
• Clarification of VLA guidelines, procedures and policies
  Date: 08 January 2008
  Information to assist s29A panel practitioners with VLA guidelines, procedures and policies including pitfalls for compliance and common issues.
• Important e-lodgement changes for practitioners (summary crime)
  Date: 08 January 2008
  From 1 January 2008, e-lodgement will be the only way to apply for a grant of assistance for summary crime matters.
• Register now for e-lodgement
  Date: 13 December 2007
  Section 29A lawyers are encouraged to register now for electronic lodgements of grants of legal assistance.
• Moorabbin Justice Centre opens
  Date: 13 December 2007
  The Moorabbin Justice Centre (MJC) is now open and hearing matters in the Magistrates', Children's, Family Violence, VCAT and VOCAT jurisdictions.
• Victoria Legal Aid reaching out to new refugee communities
  Date: 29 November 2007
  A new outreach service in Dandenong is part of Victoria Legal Aid’s commitment to assisting new refugees.
• New Victoria Legal Aid publications
  Date: 29 November 2007
  A new brochure about appealing Centrelink decisions is part of VLA’s latest free publications.
• Call for more access to justice
  Date: 29 November 2007
  We must do more than simply pay lip service to access to justice, said Victoria Legal Aid managing director Tony Parsons in a recent speech at the 25th annual conference of the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration.
• New survey to help guide legal aid policy for a decade and beyond
  Date: 04 December 2007
  A new national survey of legal need is set to form an integral part of legal aid policy development in Australia for at least a decade.
• ADR needs to be simple, cheap and easy
  Date: 30 November 2007
  A discussion paper on alternative dispute resolution examines the current provision of ADR services across Victoria.

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