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Applications - Received
Count of all new applications entered in the time period i.e. where the
application record was created for the first time in the time period, split by
law type and split by Commonwealth and state within each law type.
Applications - Status
Applications approved/refused/pending/Withdrawn split by law type and split by
Commonwealth and state within each law type, based on determinations made in the
time period.
- Approved is where any matter on the application has an approval during life of
file i.e. on any extension. Only the first approval on each file is counted as
an approval for the purposes of the report.
- Refused is where there is a refusal recorded and there is no approval at all
during the life of the file i.e. on any extension
- Withdrawn is where either the only decision recorded is withdrawn, or where, in
addition to a refusal decision, the last recorded decision is a withdrawn
decision
- Pending is counted only where the pending decision is the last recorded decision
and is not preceded by an approval.
Applications - Monthly trends
Graph based report showing changes in application status statistics by month.
Practitioner Type
Approved cases by law type. Based on practitioner at the time of the report.
Duty Lawyer
Count of all duty appearances entered in the time period, split by law type,
Commonwealth and state, and in-house and assigned This is a count of individuals
assisted not sessions.
Legal Advice and Minor Assistance
Count of legal advice occasions of service entered in the time period, split by
law type and Commonwealth/state. The Law type derived from the primary matter.
Includes minor assistance, telephone advice i.e. all advice and minor assistance
work types.
Family Dispute Resolution
Family Law Conferences held in the time period. Count of settlements, including
full and partial settlements.
Child representation
Approvals for family law matters, where the primary matter type is child
representation/independent child’s lawyer/separate representation, split by
state and Commonwealth ie where the grant is for the representation of the child
as the subject child in the proceedings. Commonwealth further split by court
type – Family Court, Federal Magistrates, Family Court of WA, other.
Age
A count of applications received, approved and refused by age as at date of
application. Age groups as per ABS/Commonwealth schedules (see Resources).
Gender
A count of applications received, approved and refused split by law type and
gender.
ATSI
ATSI applications received and approved by law type and split by gender.
Map - Legal Aid Approvals
Summary of approvals by state for the chosen period.
Note on law type classification
Please note the following classifications of matters into law types.
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Child care and protection |
Family law (State) |
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Apprehended domestic violence |
Family law (State) |
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Apprehended personal violence |
Civil law (State) |
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Mental health matters |
Civil law (State) |
Resources
Look up codes (pdf 211k).