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VIC – Legal Rates

The following fees have been updated as at 1 July 2020:

  • Magistrates’ Court of Victoria
  • County Court of Victoria
  • Supreme Court of Victoria (including Probate, Common law division, Commercial Court, Costs Court, Miscellaneous Court fees)
  • Supreme Court Appeal
  • Transfer of Land Act
  • Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Liquor licencing
  • VCAT

Further fees will be updated as they come to hand.

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VIC – Probate eFiling and using LEAP

RedCrest-Probate is a method of eFiling for Lawyers to prepare a limited number of pre-populated documents and lodge the remaining documents electronically.  RedCrest-Probate will take effect from 1 July 2020.

Which documents must be generated in the RedCrest-Probate system?

The RedCrest-Probate system will generate all Originating Motions and Caveats.

Which documents can you still complete in LEAP?

Apart from the Originating Motion and Caveat, all other forms filed with the Probate Office CAN be prepared by you in LEAP and uploaded to the RedCrest-Probate system in PDF format.

In the RedCrest-Probate system, you should answer ‘yes’ when asked if you have already prepared your documents. You will complete some mandatory questions, then upload your pre-prepared documents rather than generating the documents via the system. For example, if you prepared an Inventory of assets/ liabilities in LEAP, you will only need to enter the total value of Victorian assets on the ‘Deceased’s assets and liabilities’ screen within the system.

Why complete applicable documents in LEAP for uploading to RedCrest-Probate?
  • Drafts will ONLY remain in the RedCrest-Probate system for 30 days after the date they were last saved.  Important information may be lost if you haven’t remembered to go back in to RedCrest and re-save your draft to retain it.  RedCrest does not provide an email reminder for you to save your drafts.  You may of course need to work on Inventory and Affidavit documents for longer than the 30 day period.
  • Some of the documents generated within RedCrest, such as the Affidavit, will be downloadable .docx Word format documents. This will therefore require you to:
    –      download the document from RedCrest;
    –      save to your LEAP matter for completion (with no automation from your matter);
    –      convert to PDF; and
    –      upload back to the RedCrest-Probate system.
    Therefore, for improved efficiency, you can simply:
    –      complete these documents directly in LEAP (which includes full automation from your matter);
    –      convert to PDF (as LEAP already has this function availability in your matter); and
    –      upload the PDF to the RedCrest-Probate system.
  • When completing applications within RedCrest-Probate for limited grants and when applying for probate pursuant to leave reserved or rights saved, the Affidavit required to support the application will not be generated by RedCrest-Probate, rather you must complete your Affidavit in LEAP and upload in PDF format.
  • Completing information in your LEAP matter (of assets, liabilities etc) provides a full record of your matter data, accessible at any time, and in compliance with record keeping requirements.

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VIC – Family Provision Claims matter type

Following client feedback, the following Critical Dates have been added to Calendar & Tasks in the Family Provision Claims matter type:

  • Summons filed
  • First Directions Date
  • Further Directions Date
  • Hearing Date

If you have feedback on this matter type, please provide it here.

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VIC – Magistrates Court – Criminal Offence

We have conducted a review and updated the following Magistrates Court of Victoria forms:

  • Form 11A – Notice to informant and either DPP or prosecutor of further application for bail or application for an order to vary amount or conditions of bail amended to Application by informant to vary bail (Form 12) [LL-VIC-MCCRIM-0019]
  • Form 12 r23 – Request for contested summary hearing [LL-VIC-MCCRIM-0022]
  • Form 13 – Witness summons [LL-VIC-MCCRIM-0027]
  • Form 15 – Case abridgement application [LL-VIC-MCCRIM-0009]
  • Form 25 – Notice of appearance [LL-VIC-MCCRIM-0016]
  • Form 31 – Application [LL-VIC-MCCRIM-0003]
  • Form 45 – Application for physical appearance [LL-VIC-MCCRIM-0007]
  • Form 46 – Application for appearance by audio visual link [LL-VIC-MCCRIM -0005]

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VIC – Leases – Small Business Commissioner new forms

We are pleased to announce that we have added the following forms:

  • Application for referral of a dispute about temporary leasing arrangements (LL-VIC-PR-505)
  • Application for referral of a retail tenancy dispute under the Retail Leases Act 2003 (LL-VIC-PR-506)

These new forms are located as follows:  VIC>Conveyancing & Property>Leases>LEAP Forms>Small Business Commissioner Forms

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VIC – VCAT

We have made changes to the following VCAT forms:

  • Application for special medical procedure [LL-VIC-VCAT-106]
  • Application to register an interstate order [LL-VIC-VCAT-108]
  • Application of administrator for a missing person [LL-VIC-VCAT-107]
  • Application for rehearing [LL-VIC-VCAT-105]
  • Application to building and property list [LL-VIC-VCAT-125]

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VIC – Matter Information Sheet hyperlinks

We have created hyperlinks for all Matter Information Sheets currently available in LEAP Community.  The Information Sheets are How to articles to assist you on matter setup and common form usage.  Information Sheets that are matter specific are located in the LEAP Forms folder and Information Sheets that are relevant to a particular form are located immediately preceding the form.

Matter Information Sheets and hyperlinks for VIC are now available as follows:

Filed Under: VIC

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VIC – Interactive PDF forms – Enduring Power of Attorney Appointment

The following forms are now available in LEAP in interactive PDF format in the Powers of Attorney forms folder:

  • Enduring Power of Attorney Appointment – interactive short form [LL-VIC-WPA-066]
  • Enduring Power of Attorney Appointment – interactive long form [LL-VIC-WPA-067]

The interactive short form [LL-VIC-WPA-066] allows for the appointment for one attorney and up to two alternative attorneys, whereas the interactive long form [LL-VIC-WPA-067] allows for the appointment for up to four attorney and up to three alternative attorneys for each attorney. Sections 6-8 and the Continuation sections of the form are currently not interactive – please complete these sections manually as required.

The LEAP toolbar within the Interactive PDF (generally on the side panel, More Tools) provides the option to Save & Close the PDF as well as to Update the PDF with any new data entered.

Clicking on Update will also re-run any questions should you need to change the responses to any questions –  these forms contains prompts for the selection of principal, attorney and alternative attorneys (where applicable). [Read more…]