VPRS 12177 Register of Criminal Proceedings (Legal Aid Cases)

Full description

This series registered and summarised action by the Public Solicitor's Office in relation to legal aid provided in criminal matters. For every application for which legal aid had been approved, the register recorded:

the date of entry

the registration number (in a sequence which recommenced at one at the start of every new year)

the name of the accused

the dates and places of court hearings

the charges

the verdict and sentence or order

counsel representing

fees

Public Solicitor's Office and Crown Law Office file numbers (respectively, VPRS 5272 Public Solicitor's Office Case Files and VPRS 266 Inward Registered Correspondence) and

remarks (generally cross references to earlier and later entries in relation to the same matter).