In this section

• Grants Policy Manual
  • Introduction
  • Basis of determination of a grant of legal assistance
  • Commonwealth and state legal aid service priorities
  • The Means Test
  • The Merits Test
  • Guidelines - Commonwealth – Crime
  • Guidelines - Commonwealth - Family
  • Guidelines - Commonwealth - Civil
  • Guidelines - State – Criminal
  • Guidelines - State - Civil
  • Other matters relating to grants of legal assistance
  • Review of decisions
    • The review process
    • Exceptions to the review process and urgent reviews
• Grants Handbook
  • What do we fund?
    • Criminal law
      • Magistrates Court matters
        • Summary matters (plea of guilty or trial) in the Magistrates Court
        • Queensland Drug and Alcohol Court (QDAC)
        • Magistrates court bail
        • Committal hearing
          • Committal hearing (specified proceedings)
          • Committal hearing (non specified)
          • Committal hearing (committal project)
        • Re-opening a sentence in the Magistrates Court
      • Childrens Court matters
        • Summary matters (non specified proceedings) - plea of guilty or trial
        • Summary matters (specified proceedings) - plea of guilty or trial
        • Committal hearing in the childrens court
        • Childrens Court bail
        • Re-opening a sentence in the Childrens Court
      • District Court, Childrens Court of Queensland or Supreme Court matters
        • Plea of guilty in the District Court, Children’s Court of Queensland or the Supreme Court
        • Ex officio plea of guilty
        • Trial in the District Court, Children’s Court of Queensland or the Supreme Court
        • District Court and Childrens Court of Queensland bail
        • Supreme Court bail
        • Re-opening a sentence in the higher courts
        • Dietrich applications
        • Double Jeopardy exception application
      • Criminal law appeals
        • District Court or Children’s Court of Queensland Appeal
        • Court of Appeal
        • Subsequent appeal to the Court of Appeal
        • High Court of Australia Appeal
        • Application for pardon
      • Mental Health Court
      • CCC or ACC criminal investigations hearings
      • Youth justice conferencing
      • Cross examine protected witness
        • Cross-examine protected witness at trial in the Magistrates Court – DV related offence only
        • Counsel in summary trials (DV related offence only)
        • Cross-examine protected witness at committal hearing in the Magistrates Court or a sentence or trial in the District or Supreme Court
      • DNA historic case review
    • Family law
      • Interpretation of family law guidelines
        • Guideline 2 - Family Dispute Resolution (FDR Services)
        • Guideline 4 - Parenting orders
        • Guideline 12 - Property
      • Parenting disputes
        • Obtain, discharge, vary or appeal parenting orders
          • Stage 1 - Dispute resolution
          • Stage 2 - Litigation
            • Stage 2.1 - Initiate or respond to court proceedings
            • Stage 2.2 - Representation until trial directions
          • Stage 3 - Prepare for trial
          • Stage 4 - Representation at trial
          • Stage 5 - Appeals
          • Family dispute resolution conference after proceedings have commenced
            • Legal Aid Queensland Family Dispute Resolution Conference (in-litigation)
            • Court-Based Family Dispute Resolution Conference (in-litigation)
        • Contravention of a court order or contempt of court (where a final order exists)
        • Recovery, location and/or information order (where a final order exists)
        • Consent orders
        • International child abduction
        • Specialist medical procedures involving children
      • Property disputes
        • Property arbitration
        • Representation at court for property disputes
        • Preservation of property (injunctive relief)
        • Financial enforcement proceedings (where a final order exists)
        • Transfer of property (where a final order exists)
        • Property Mediation Pilot
      • Independent Children's Lawyer
        • Representation until final parenting orders are made
        • Representation to implement final orders
        • Appeals
      • Child support/maintenance disputes
        • Administrative Appeals Tribunal (review of decisions made by SSAT)
        • Social Security Appeals Tribunal
          • Review decisions made by Child Support Agency (Appeal to SSAT)
          • Federal Circuit Court has referred matter back to Social Securities Tribunal for rehearing
        • Federal Circuit Court of Australia
          • End a child support agreement
          • Responding to an application to enforce a child support assessment
          • Make an application for the recovery of child support arrears
          • Applications for adult child maintenance
          • Applications for child support / child maintenance where the paying parent lives overseas
          • Vary an overseas maintenance liability (carer and children live overseas)
          • Appeal a decision of Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
          • Departure orders
          • Stay orders
        • Parentage testing in child support / maintenance matters
          • Parentage testing for child support (male applicants)
          • Parentage testing for child support (female applicants)
          • Court proceedings to obtain an order for parentage testing in child support matters
      • Direct representation of children
      • Divorce or nullity of marriage
      • Spousal maintenance disputes
      • Commonwealth Family Violence and Cross-Examination of Parties Scheme
    • Civil law
      • Child protection
        • Party, Non-Party, Child (direct representation)
          • Stage one - Initial assistance
          • Stage one - Vary or revoke a child protection order
          • Stage two - Litigation
            • Stage two - court ordered conference / additional family group meeting / case plan review meeting
            • Stage two - Interim hearings
            • Stage two - Court ordered conference / additional family group meeting / case plan review meeting
            • Stage two - interim hearing
          • Stage 3 - Prepare for contested final hearing
          • Stage four - Attend final hearing / Post final orders assistance
            • Attend final hearing
            • Assistance after final orders
          • Stage five - Appeal an interim or final child protection order
          • Assistance at QCAT
            • Assistance at QCAT - party, non-party, direct representation (child)
            • Appeal a QCAT decision
        • Separate Representative
          • Stage one - Inspect court or department file
          • Stage two - Litigation
          • Stage three - Prepare for contested final hearing
          • Stage four - Attend final hearing
          • Stage five - appeal interim/final order
          • Representation at QCAT
            • Specialist medical procedures
            • All other matters
            • Appeal a QCAT decision
      • Civil Law Legal Aid Scheme (CLLAS)
        • Motor vehicle personal injury claims
        • Medical negligence claims
        • Slip and fall type personal injury claims
        • Professional negligence claims
        • Wills / estate / survivorship claims
        • Work related personal injuries claims
        • Test case / public interest cases
      • Consumer protection
        • Lodging a complaint
        • External dispute resolution
        • Court proceedings
      • Dangerous prisoners
        • Preliminary hearing or final hearing in a Dangerous Prisoner matter
        • Application for amendment in a Dangerous Prisoner matter
        • Contravention of supervision order in a Dangerous Prisoner matter
        • Annual reviews in a Dangerous Prisoner matter
        • Appeals in a Dangerous Prisoner matter
      • Domestic violence
        • Appeal of a domestic violence order
        • Domestic violence orders
      • Employment law
        • Unfair dismissals
        • General protections
      • Equal opportunity and discrimination
      • Extradition proceedings
      • Inquests
      • Mental health matters
        • Representation at the Mental Health Review Tribunal
        • Appeal a Mental Health Review Tribunal decision
      • Migration
      • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Appeals
      • Other Federal and High Court proceedings
      • Peace and good behaviour
      • Proceeds of crime
      • Social security and other commonwealth benefits
      • Veteran matters
        • War veterans
          • Appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
          • Appeal to the Federal Court
        • Assistance in any other defence force matter
          • Appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
          • Appeal to the Federal Court
      • Workers' compensation
      • Sexual Assault Counselling Privilege (Counselling Notes Protect)
      • Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Matters
      • Application to alter the record of sex
      • Community safety orders
        • Respond to application for a Community Safety Order
        • Variation of the conditions of a Community Safety Supervision Order
        • Periodic review of a Community Safety Order
        • Appeal of a Community Safety Order
    • Nature and extent of funding
      • Criminal law
        • Additional preparation in criminal law
          • Extraordinary cases in criminal law
            • Extraordinary cases in the Magistrates or Childrens Court
            • Extraordinary cases in the District Court / Children's Court of Queensland
            • Extraordinary cases in the Supreme Court
          • Expensive cases in criminal law
          • Additional preparation - other
        • Appeal record books in criminal law matters
        • Co-accused policy
        • Counsel in criminal law matters
          • Counsel in summary matters
          • Counsel at early stages of committal proceedings
          • Counsel to make a formal summary application at committal
          • Counsel to cross-examine witnesses at committal
          • Counsel to make bail application in the Supreme Court
          • Senior Counsel, Queen's Counsel or dual counsel
        • Expert reports in criminal law matters
          • Treating medical practitioner report
          • Pre-sentence report
          • Psychological brief assessment and report
          • Psychological long assessment and report
          • Neuropsychological assessment and report
          • Psychiatric report
          • Medical specialist (excluding psychiatrist)
          • Other reports
          • Cancellation or non-attendance fees
        • Expert witnesses in criminal law matters
        • Multiple grants of aid policy - committal and higher court matters
        • Transcripts in criminal law matters
        • Vacating a plea in criminal law matters
        • Waiting time in criminal law matters
        • Brisbane and Ipswich District Court Sexual Violence Case Management Pilot
      • Civil law
        • Additional preparation in civil law
          • Additional preparation in Domestic Violence matters
          • Additional preparation in Child Protection matters
          • Complexity in civil law matters
          • Counsel reading fees in civil law matters
          • Expensive cases for civil law matters
          • Extraordinary case grant for Dangerous Prisoner matters
          • Extraordinary case for Community Safety Order matters
        • Agents in civil law matters
        • Counsel in civil law matters
          • All other civil law matters
          • Child Protection matters
          • Counsel in Domestic Violence matters
        • Expert reports in civil law matters
          • Social assessment report
            • Initial social assessment report / other expert report
            • Updated or supplementary social assessment report
          • General medical practitioner report
          • Psychiatric/medical specialist report
          • Psychological report
          • Cancellation or non-attendance fees
        • Expert witness fees for civil law matters
        • Transcripts in civil law matters
        • Waiting time in civil law matters
        • Application in a proceeding in Community Safety Order matters
      • Family law
        • Independent Children's Lawyers
          • Additional preparation
          • Counsel at interim hearing
          • Applications in a proceeding
          • Agent fees
          • Expert reports in family law matters
            • Initial family report (ICL only)
            • Updated family report (ICL only)
            • Psychiatric assessment report (ICL only)
            • Sexual risk assessment report (ICL only)
            • Psychological report
            • Medical specialist report
            • Occupational therapist report
            • Cancellation or non-attendance fees
            • General medical practitioner report
          • Filing fees
          • Expert witnesses
        • All other parties
          • Additional preparation
          • Counsel at interim hearing
          • Applications in a proceeding
          • Agent fees
          • Filing fees
          • Parentage testing
          • Expert witnesses
          • Expert reports
            • Psychological report
            • Medical specialist report
            • Occupational therapist report
            • Cancellation or non-attendance fees
            • General medical practitioner report
      • Disbursements
        • Accommodation
        • Conduct money (subpoenas)
        • Interpreters
        • Prison visits
        • Process servers
        • Travel
          • Travel by air
          • Travel by car
          • Travel by public transport
          • Travel by hire car
          • Travel for clients in order to give effect to a recovery order
        • Photocopying
  • Applying for aid
    • Application process
    • Retrospective aid
    • Means test
    • Forum test
    • Assessment process
    • Allocating a solicitor
    • Allocating a solicitor to an interstate client
    • Conflict of interest
  • Conditions of aid
    • Client conditions
      • Financial contributions (section 18) - initial contributions
      • Financial contributions (section 36) - retrospective contributions
      • Legal costs
      • Providing information
      • Your solicitor
      • Changing your solicitor
    • Solicitor conditions
    • Ownership of Legal Aid files
  • Fees and payments
    • Payment rules and audit requirements
      • All areas of law
        • ATSILS
        • Community legal centres
        • Assessment of invoices
        • Correspondence with Legal Aid Queensland
        • Counsel fees
        • Disputed accounts
        • Examination of solicitor's files
        • Financial contributions made by clients
        • Court ordered costs
        • Proforma invoices
        • Legal advice
        • Payment of proforma invoices
        • Research
        • Scope of the grant of aid
        • Seeking payment from clients
        • Work undertaken prior to aid approval date
        • Work undertaken due to a mistake of a solicitor or counsel
      • Criminal law
        • Additional preparation where an accredited interpreter is engaged
        • Additional preparation where charges exceed 20
        • Agents
        • Change in plea
        • Co-accused in criminal law matters
        • Definition of a new matter (summary matters only)
        • Duty lawyer fees
        • Expensive case matters
        • Failed to appear - three month rule
        • Fixed fee summary grants of aid
        • Multiple grants of aid guidelines (higher court criminal law matters only)
        • Negotiation fees
        • Professional fees in criminal law matters
        • Preparation and attendances
          • Attendances in person or by telephone
          • Attendances at trial / court
          • Attendance at a group conference in criminal law matters
          • Attendance to drafting or perusing documents, letters and statements etc
          • Attendances by clerks
          • Attendance on prison visits and visits to other places of confinement (not the watch-house)
          • Attendances relating to any other work undertaken
          • Attendance to view the scene / site visit
          • Brisbane and Ipswich District Court Sexual Violence Case Management Pilot
        • Queensland Drug and Alcohol Court
        • Waiting time
        • Youth justice conferencing
      • Family and civil law
        • Agents
        • Attendances (civil law)
        • Counsel fees (family law)
        • Counsel fees (civil law)
        • Filing fees (family law)
        • Fixed sundries / disbursement fees (family law)
        • Professional fees in family and civil law matters
        • Solicitor fees (family law)
        • Waiting time
        • Domestic violence – Initial grant of aid (civil law)
      • Disbursements
        • Accommodation
        • Counselling sessions
        • Drug tests
        • Interpreter fees
        • Outlays/disbursements
        • Process servers, court filing agents and bailiff fees
        • Report writers and other professionals
        • Travel time
        • Travel expenses
    • Scale of fees
  • Clause code search
  • Review of decisions
  • Service providers
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service
    • Community Legal Centres
    • Preferred suppliers