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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	Executive Director, Policy and Grants	�9219 5890
MaryWhitehead	Business Development Manager	� 9219 5114
Steve Doumit	Senior Criminal Law Solicitor	� 9219 5077
Ann Miller	Criminal Law Solicitor	� 9219 5142
Scott Kirkwood	Criminal Law Solicitor	� 9219 5168
Stephen Eccleshall	Criminal Law Solicitor	� 9219 5078
Kim Meredith	Team Leader, Crime Team 1	� 9219 5101
Charles Lovell	Team Leader, Crime Team2	� 9219 5767
Caroline Cuttance	Team Leader, Crime Team3	� 9219 5030
Pip Brown	Duty Lawyer, Payments	� 9219 5093
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