Guideline 5 – coronial inquests

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) may make a grant of legal assistance to a person for a coronial inquest if either:

4.1 it is reasonably likely that the person will be charged with a serious offence (for example, murder, manslaughter or culpable driving)

or

4.2 it is in the public interest that the person be legally represented.

Documentary requirements

Applications under this guideline can only be submitted via the standard grants assessment process.

An in-house lawyer or a lawyer on the section 30 referral panel seeking a grant of legal assistance should submit an application via ATLAS for assessment, including all of the following documents:

  • after referring to guideline 4 and all available material, the lawyer’s assessment of any charge which the person applying for the grant of legal assistance may face

or

  • the lawyer’s assessment of how it may be in the public interest for the person applying for the grant of legal assistance to be represented

and

and

Costs payable

Please see fee schedule 2, Table N.

Civil law

Updated

Back to top