---
title: "FAS offline legal costs payment application: completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-fas-legal-costs"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a21-form-vic-fas-legal-costs"
area_id: "A21"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A62-KE20261022-11", "A62-V20261018-4"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# FAS offline legal costs payment application: completion guide

> Link to the Financial Assistance Scheme form lawyers use to claim reasonable legal costs for a complex application when they cannot apply online.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-fas-legal-costs  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.md)
- Jurisdictions: Victoria
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-23
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the official form at victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au and the authority it cites, for Victoria.

## When to use it

Use when the lawyer cannot submit this costs claim online. The lawyer completes the current PDF. The page does not state a dollar cap.

## Used for these tasks

- [Check a lawyer's charge against the published cap for a victims application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md#A62-KE20261022-11)
- [Prepare the application to a state victims support scheme](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/prepare-the-application-to-a-state-victims-support-scheme.md)

## How AI may be used

The tool may list the work already recorded on the file against the lawyer's draft claim; the lawyer completes the PDF and checks the charge against the current published cap.

**AI may:**

- List dates and categories of work already recorded on the file, for the lawyer to accept or reject
- Record that the templates page does not state a dollar figure

**AI must not:**

- Must not complete the PDF. Its body was not opened
- Must not state a costs cap or calculate the lawyer's charge
- Must not use this form where the online costs application is available. The page limits it to cases where the lawyer cannot apply online

**The lawyer checks:**

- The page says lawyers can apply for reasonable legal costs of representing victims with complex applications, using this form where they cannot apply online
- The PDF is Legal costs payment application form, August 2025, linked from the templates page. The page says the form includes instructions on how to submit it offline
- Check the charge against the cap the scheme currently publishes. That cap was not on the page opened
- The client authorisation, where the lawyer is the representative, is a separate form
- Health information stays in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether any disclosure would be a notifiable breach under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Authorities

- [Victims of Crime Financial Assistance Scheme, Templates and forms, legal costs offline, updated 13 July 2026 (opened 23 October 2026)](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/fas-templates-and-forms)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/fas-templates-and-forms)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-23.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-fas-legal-costs and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*