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Relevant Review Cases

Definitions

Interpretation

Eligibility for financial assistance

Limits on financial assistance

Procedures and powers of VOCAT

Considerations relevant to awards of financial assistance

Review, variation and refunds

Transitional provisions

Definitions
Act of violence: Section 3(1)	Wilkins v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VCAT 1554 AVA and GAR v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VCAT 2078
Injury: Section 3(1)	RBA v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VCAT 2225 AVA and GAR v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VCAT 2078
Relevant offence: Suicide	Dennison v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2003] VCAT 1249
Relevant offence: Administer drugs	Irvine v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 1025 Fitzgerald v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2001] VCAT 1257

Interpretation
Criminal act: Criminal intent	BB v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VCAT 1314 BVB v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VSC 57
Criminal act: Must be offence against the person	Lowe v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2004] VCAT 1092
Criminal act: Involuntary conduct	Gulcan v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2007] VCAT 642 Jafaro v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VCAT 2372
Criminal act: Consent	RBA v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VCAT 2225 BR v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VSC 152
Criminal act: Negligently causing serious injury	Grant and Grant v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VCAT 2022
Criminal act: Self Defence	Attard & Nabnoulsi v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2011]

Eligibility for financial assistance
Definition of primary victim: Unborn child	McKenna v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2003] VCAT 1488
Definition of primary victim: Section 7(2)(c)	Will v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2011] VCAT 1739 Hall v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2004] VCAT 1359 Smith v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2003] VCAT 1489
Definition of secondary victim	Will v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2011] VCAT 1739
Expenses incurred: Whether direct result of act of violence	JM v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 496
Awards of financial assistance: Reasonableness of expense claimed	CS v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2006] VCAT 1061 Lukeis v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2006] VCAT 2473 Waters v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2006] VCAT 2361
Awards of financial assistance: Exceptional circumstances to assist recovery	Gatto v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VCAT 966 RN v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2005] VCAT 2651 ML v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2006] VCAT 292
Special financial assistance: Evidence of injury and uplift provisions	J v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 532 Loncar v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 1342
Definition of related victim: Intimate personal relationship	Reid v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 373
Assistance to related victims: Concept of distress	Vita v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2000] VCAT 2317 Krasauskas v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (No.2) [2008] VCAT 1284

Limits on financial assistance

Other entitlements to be taken into account: Section 16

Tanner & Ors v Smart [2010] VSC 463

Jafaro v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VCAT 2372

Krasauskas v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2007] VCAT 1407

Eades v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2008] VCAT 448

Loss of earnings: Section 17

Vaughan v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2005] VCAT 1758

Safin v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2011] VCAT 2214

Procedure and powers of VOCAT
Time for making application: Section 29	J v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 532 S v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 1257 Clement v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 495 Purcell v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2011] VCAT 1463
Standard of proof: Section 31	J v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 532
Notification of Alleged Offender: Section 34	P v Crimes Compensation Tribunal 5309 of 1996 (password protected)
Access to documents: Section 42A	Kay v AG (Vic) (No.2) [2010] VSCA 27

Considerations relevant to awards of financial assistance
Fail to provide assistance to investigation: Section 52 (special circumstances)	Nichol v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2000] VCAT 840
Reasonable time for reporting act of violence: Section 53	TUN v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VCAT 1599 Haddara v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VCAT 1133 CS v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2006] VCAT 1061 Sanders v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2003] VCAT 396 Frost v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 1390 Hay v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 45
Past criminal activity: Section 54	White v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VCAT 455 Mitchell v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2003] VCAT 1731 Nguyen v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2001] VCAT 2028
Provocation: Section 54	Fallon v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VCAT 414 Heron v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2005] VCAT 961

Review, variation and refunds
Review of VOCAT decisions: Section 59 (powers of VCAT on review)	Wilkins v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VCAT 1554 PT v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2008] VCAT 84
Review of VOCAT decisions: Section 59 (enlargement of time limit for lodging review)	Goggin v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VCAT 1131 Mare v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VCAT 414 Mare v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (No.2) [2010] VCAT 2079
Review of VOCAT decisions: Payment of costs	TUN v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VCAT 1599
Variation of award: Section 60 (fresh evidence and causal link)	GDE v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2009] VCAT 914 Davis v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2008] VCAT 2535 Gandy v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2007] VCAT 338
Reservation of future expenses: Issue of whether six year time limit stands	Mewett v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2006] VCAT 1298 Mihan v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2004] VCAT 538

Transitional provisions
Transitional provisions: Entitlement to assistance	J v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2002] VCAT 532
Transitional Provisions: Availability of special financial assistance	DJP v Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal [2010] VCAT 281

This table was originally developed by the Judicial College of Victoria, and is reproduced here by permission.

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