Publications
Risk Management & Guidelines
Policy-Risk_Management_Guidelines-2017.pdf (163 KB)
Risk management is integrated into our practices, operations, business plans, and philosophies.
Protected Disclosure
Policy-Protected_Disclosure-2016.pdf (57 KB)
The Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner (“Board and Commissioner”) are committed to the protection of people who make disclosures in accordance with the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 (Vic) (the Act).
Media and Public Comments
Policy-Media_and_Public_Comments-2016.pdf (202 KB)
As the regulator of the Legal Profession in Victoria, the VLSB+C are often approached by various media outlets seeking comment on or information about legal practitioners, legal practices and/or regulatory matters.
Freedom of Information
Policy-Freedom_of_Information-2016.pdf (70 KB)
The Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner (“Board and Commissioner”) is a public agency subject to the FOI Act. This document details how the Board and Commissioner approach and apply the FOI Act.
Privacy Policy
Policy-Privacy-2016.pdf (214 KB)
This policy outlines the privacy obligations of the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner (“the VLSB+C”).
Supervised Legal Practice Policy
Policy-Supervised_Legal_Practice-2016.pdf (57 KB)
Our policy on supervised legal practice
Risk-based regulation of lawyers’ trust accounts
Policy-Risk_Based_Regulation_Trust_Accounts-2017.pdf (182 KB)
The purpose of this policy is to establish a framework for a risk based approach to the regulation of lawyers’ trust accounts, including the conducting of trust account investigations.
Overpayment and Refunds
Policy-Overpayments_and_Refunds-2016.pdf (138 KB)
Practising Certificate fees, surcharges & fidelity fund contributions
Lay Associate Guidelines
Policy-Lay_Associate_Guidelines-2016.pdf (132 KB)
This document provides guidance on the Board’s power to approve a practitioner or practice having a lay associate known to be a disqualified person or a person who has been convicted of a serious offence.
Fit and Proper Person Policy
RRP_017_Fit_&_Proper_Person_Policy_V2_(Dec_11).pdf (66 KB)
Our policy on what makes a person fit and proper to practise law