Lawyers may apply to VCAT to review compensation and disciplinary orders imposed on them by the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria).
The Victorian Legal Services Board can apply to VCAT to disqualify someone who has been convicted of a serious offence, is not a fit and proper person or is otherwise unsuitable to work in a legal office.
In Victoria, a person in the late stages of a terminal illness can request access to medication that will end their life at a time they choose. This is called voluntary assisted dying.
