Guidelines
4. Means Test
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.3. Granting aid when net assessable income is above the income limit or applicant does not satisfy Means Test
- 4.4 Financially associated person
- Policies
- Directions
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1. Criminal law matters
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. What is appropriate expenditure of limited public funds?
- 1.3. Costs in indictable matters
- 1.4. Local Court committal proceedings - State criminal matters
- 1.5. Criminal law matters involving both Commonwealth and State law
- 1.6. Proceeds of Crime
- 1.7. Apprehended Violence Orders
- 1.8. Late applications
- 1.9. Restorative Justice Programs
- 1.10. Statutory and administrative financial assistance schemes by the Commonwealth Attorney-General - Administered by the Legal Aid Branch
- 1.11. Term of imprisonment
- 1.12. Criminal law policies
- 1.13. Exceptional circumstances
- 1.14 Assessing merit in appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal
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2. Family law matters
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Urgent matters
- 2.3. Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) Service
- 2.4. Independent children's lawyer and child representatives
- 2.5. Material change in circumstances
- 2.6. Child support or maintenance and spouse maintenance matters
- 2.7. Allegations of domestic violence
- 2.8. Family law costs management
- 2.9. Briefing counsel
- 2.11. Disputes relating to preservation of property
- 2.12. Significant disadvantage
- 2.13. Care and Protection matters
- 2.14. Single expert reports
- 2.15. Special circumstances
- 2.16. Special disadvantage
- 2.17. Statutory and administrative financial assistance schemes by the Commonwealth Attorney-General - Administered by the Legal Aid Branch
- 2.18. Substantial issue
- 2.19. Significant financial benefit
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3. Civil law matters
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Alternative Dispute Resolution
- 3.3. Employment law matters
- 3.4. Visa cancellation matters
- 3.5. Lump sum grants for test cases and public interest matters
- 3.6. Motor accident matters
- 3.7. Proceeds of crime matters- Commonwealth only
- 3.8. Test Cases
- 3.9. Industrial relations matters
- 3.10. Commonwealth civil law matters
- 3.11. Statutory and administrative financial assistance schemes by the Commonwealth Attorney-General - Administered by the Legal Aid Branch
- 3.12. Consumer Protection matters and External Dispute Resolution
- 3.13. Fees in Veteran's matters
- 3.14. Public Interest
- 3.15. Legal Aid NSW Civil Law Policies
- 3.16. At special disadvantage
- 3.17. Family disputes
- 3.18. National Disability Insurance Scheme
- 3.19. Special circumstances
- 3.20 Breach of civil liberties
- 4. Means Test
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5. Contributions
- 5.1. Paying Initial Contributions
- 5.2. Reducing or waiving an initial contribution - the exceptional circumstances test
- 5.3. Refunding an initial contribution
- 5.4. Securing contributions with a charge over real property
- 5.5. Calculating the contribution to legal costs
- 5.6. Notifying the legally aided person of the contribution to legal costs
- 5.7. Costs assessment of private lawyers' costs
- 5.8. Reducing a contribution to legal costs
- 5.9. Assigning the right to recover costs
- 5.10. Refunding a contribution to legal costs
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6. Legal Aid Review Committee Appeals
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Lodging an appeal
- 6.3. Preparing a report to the Legal Aid Review Committee
- 6.4. Deadline for delivery of appeal documents to the Legal Aid Review Committee Secretariat
- 6.5. Urgent matters
- 6.6. Where the Legal Aid Review Committee has deferred making a decision
- 6.7. Officer advising Legal Aid Review Committee
- 6.8. Meetings-during and follow up
- 6.9. Membership of Legal Aid Review Committees
- 7. Representation
- 8. Types of Grants of Aid
- 9. Grants to community legal centres
- 10. Costs and Fees
- 11. Forum Test and Reciprocity Agreement
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12. Terminating Legal Aid
- 12.1 Where a legally aided person no longer satisfies the relevant Legal Aid NSW Policy
- 12.2 Where a legally aided person no longer satisfies Legal Aid NSW Means Test
- 12.3 Where a legally assisted person no longer satisfies the relevant merit test
- 12.4 Where a legally aided person breaches a condition of the grant of legal aid
- 12.5 Where a legally aided person engages in violent or threatening behaviour
- 12.6 Where a legally aided person no longer wants the grant of aid
- 12.7 Where a legally aided person dies
- 12.8 Where a legally aided person suffers loss of capacity
- 12.9 General breakdown of lawyer/client relationship
- 12.10 Before terminating legal aid- notification requirements
- 12.11 After legal aid is terminated- notification requirements
- 13. Unpaid Contributions Test
- 14. Section 33 Payments