CPD seminar tomorrow morning: everything you need to know about the Legal Aid Grants Online system

21/05/2009

Have you learnt to use the new Legal Aid Grants Online system as yet? If not,� the Legal Aid Grants Online division will host a CPD seminar at the Bar Association Common Room** at 8.00am-9.00am tomorrow, 3 June.� **All members dealing with grants online – including care and protection, criminal, family and civil matters are encouraged to attend the seminar.

The seminar will cover the following changes with Legal Aid Grants:

• Notification to counsel of a grant of aid

• Payment of proforma invoices for counsel's fees

• Trial Information Forms (TIFs)

• Approval for extensions

• Transfer of briefs between counsel

Further Grants Online training

An audio-visual tour of Grants Online will be available on the Legal Aid NSW website by the end of May. Members are encouraged to access this online tool from the Grants Online login page.� The topics covered include;

• Navigation

• Extensions

• Claims

• Duty Lawyer claims.�

The online tour will help you to become more familiar with the Grants Online system at your own convenience.

If you have any queries or require further information regarding legal aid applications, grants of aid and payments, please contact any of the key staff listed below:

**Name **	**Title **	**�Phone**
[Richard Funston][1]	Executive Director, Policy and Grants	�9219 5890
[MaryWhitehead][2]	Business Development Manager	� 9219 5114
[Steve Doumit][3]	Senior Criminal Law Solicitor	� 9219 5077
[Ann Miller][4]	Criminal Law Solicitor	� 9219 5142
[Scott Kirkwood][5]	Criminal Law Solicitor	� 9219 5168
[Stephen Eccleshall][6]	Criminal Law Solicitor	� 9219 5078
[Kim Meredith][7]	Team Leader, Crime Team 1	� 9219 5101
[Charles Lovell][8]	Team Leader, Crime Team2	� 9219 5767
[Caroline Cuttance][9]	Team Leader, Crime Team3	� 9219 5030
[Pip Brown][10]	Duty Lawyer, Payments	� 9219 5093
**�21 May 2009**	�	�

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