Publications
Gifts, Benefits & Hospitality Policy
This policy helps VLSB+C staff avoid conflicts of interest and maintain integrity
Strategy – Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner: A Clear Direction
This strategy explains the way we have chosen to do our work. It ensures that we are transparent, responsive and accountable to all our stakeholders. It provides clarity of purpose among our staff, and supports the best use of our resources.
Risk Management & Guidelines
Risk management is integrated into our practices, operations, business plans, and philosophies.
Public Interest Disclosure Policy
Our Public Interest Disclosure Policy explains our approach to disclosures under the Victorian Government's Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012.
Media and Public Comments
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.
Risk-based regulation of lawyers’ trust accounts
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
Practising Certificate fees, surcharges & fidelity fund contributions
Lay Associate Guidelines
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.