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The Chief Justice visited Bendigo last week to meet local legal practitioners with the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) and Victorian Legal Services Commissioner Fiona McLeay.
The Supreme Court of Victoria will host three admission ceremonies on Tuesday 29 July 2025 to formally welcome new lawyers to the legal profession.
Key pieces of legislation and rules that govern how the Supreme Court of Victoria operates.
Details of new civil cases lodged in the Supreme Court each business day.
The Supreme Court hears among the most serious criminal, and complex civil, cases in the state, as well as some appeals from Victorian courts and tribunals. As the Supreme Court is the highest court ...
The plaintiffs, who are all of the children detained at the remand centre and youth justice centre contained within the Barwon adult maximum security prison, known as the Grevillea Unit, today ...
The Court recognizes that junior counsel will typically have made a substantial contribution to the preparation of the case, and will best develop as advocates by being given opportunities to present ...
Justice Macaulay was a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 2010 to 2022, sitting primarily in the Common Law Division. During that time, his Honour also served as Judge in Charge of the ...
Information about Court transcript services and suppliers. From 1 July 2021, Epiq Australia Pty Ltd and Legal Transcripts Pty Ltd are the preferred suppliers of transcripts for civil proceedings in ...
A notice to the profession has been issued advising changes to in-person hearings. It is no longer necessary to make applications for in-person hearings in any matter before the Court. The Court will ...
Chief Justice Ferguson said the 2024 Silks were chosen from 90 applicants (64 men and 26 women) after a thorough consultation with the Victorian Bar, the broader profession, the Legal Services ...
Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth sentenced Codey Herrmann on 29 October 2019 to 36 years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 30 years, for the murder and rape of Aiia Maasarwe.