Forms
Please select and download the appropriate form below. Please note each form download includes accompanying notes explaining when or how to fill out the form.
Local legal practitioners
- 2013-2014 PC Renewal Form (55KB PDF)
- 2013-2014 PC Renewal Notes (43KB PDF)
- Application/Variation of Practising Certificate form (99KB PDF)
- Application/Variation of Practising Certificate notes (105KB PDF)
- Notification of change of information – Local legal practitioner (80KB PDF)
- Notice of show cause event – local legal practitioner and locally registered foreign lawyer (92KB PDF)
Locally-registered foreign lawyers
- Application for grant or renewal of registration as foreign lawyer (125KB PDF)
- Notification of change of information – Locally registered foreign lawyer (50KB PDF)
- Notice of show cause event – local legal practitioner and locally registered foreign lawyer (92KB PDF)
Interstate legal practitioners
- Notification by interstate legal practitioner authorised to withdraw trust money from a local trust account (105 KB PDF)
Law practices
Application/notification forms
- Notification of new law practice (not ILP or MDP) – form for a sole practitioner or law firm (80KB PDF)
- Notice of intention to start providing legal services – corporation (ILP) (289KB)
- Notice of intention to start providing legal services as a member of a multi-disciplinary partnership (MDP) (293KB)
- Incorporated Legal Practices Self-Assessment Audit Document (259KB)
Change/termination forms
- Notification of change information – law practice (84KB)
- Notification of termination of provision of legal services – law practice (not ILP) (234KB)
- Notice of termination of provision of legal services – corporation (ILP) (236KB)
Trust account forms
- FORM TRUST 1 Controlled money register (12KB PDF)
- FORM TRUST 2 Controlled money register, no EFT (12KB PDF)
- FORM TRUST 3 Consent to Appointment as External Examiner (41KB PDF)
- FORM TRUST 4 Investment Money (12KB PDF)
- FORM TRUST 5 Statement of trust money – clerks (100KB DOC)
- FORM TRUST 5 Statement of trust money – law practice (124KB DOC)
- FORM TRUST 6 Annual report of Trust records examination – approved clerk (81KB DOC)
- FORM TRUST 6 Approved external examiner’s report – Law Practice (107KB DOC)
- FORM TRUST 7 Approved external examiner’s report – when a law practice ceases (59KB PDF)
- FORM TRUST 8 Notification of Trust Account details (opening, closing and changing details) including appointment and termination of AEE (58KB PDF)
- FORM TRUST A1 Statutory Declaration if Trust Money not held – law practice (96KB PDF)
- FORM TRUST A2 Statutory Declaration if trust money not held – Approved Clerk (28KB PDF)
- FORM TRUST B1 Statutory Declaration on ceasing to hold trust money – law practice (96KB PDF)
- FORM TRUST B2 – Statutory Declaration on ceasing to hold trust money – Approved Clerk (24KB PDF)
- Exemption Policy for External Examiners (46KB PDF)
- Consent form for disclosure of information to the Board (12KB PDF)
- Trust Account Regulations Exemptions Policy (40KB PDF)
Statutory deposit account forms
- SDA quarterly deposit exemption application form (46KB PDF)
- SDA enduring exemption application for further deposit of $15,000 or less (153KB PDF)
- SDA exemption policy (41KB PDF)
Information sheets
- Transferring funds from your Statutory Deposit Account to your Trust Account (26KB PDF)
- Opening a trust account (32KB PDF)
- Closing a trust account (26KB PDF)
- Opening and closing a trust account (33KB PDF)
- Information Sheet for Overseas Practitioners (47KB PDF)
Other
Where to send completed forms
Your application for a practising certificate must be sent to:
- the Victorian Bar if you are intending to practise solely as a barrister, or
- the Law Institute of Victoria for all other legal practitioners.
All other completed forms must be sent to the Legal Services Board at 10/330 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000.
See further information about which bodies perform functions under the Legal Profession Act 2004.
Last modified April 10, 2013.