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Speeches by date

This page is an index of all Supreme Court of Victoria speeches sorted by date.

The Chief Justice, the President and the Judges of the Court of Appeal and Trial Division are called upon to speak from time to time upon various legal or associated topics. The following speeches and papers are made available to the legal profession and the general public.

These speeches and papers are copyright works. Permission is given for fair dealing with these speeches and papers as permitted under copyright legislation, including for the purpose of private study and research. Apart from those uses, no part may be reproduced without prior written permission.

  1. Socially Disadvantaged Accused: How (or Should) Courts Take This into Account?

    A speech by the Honourable Justice Macaulay delivered at Deakin University 28 August 2024.

  2. Trans-Tasman Bar Conference

    The Timeless Value of Insights and Wisdom - Justice O'Meara, Trans-Tasman Bar Conference, Queenstown, 16 August 2024

  3. Chief Justice admission ceremony remarks - 30 July 2024

    Remarks of the Hon. Chief Justice Anne Ferguson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, on the occasion of an admission ceremony in the Banco Court 9.30am, Tuesday, 30 July 2024.

  4. Disrupting how we use pleadings in complex construction disputes
  5. Determining the real issues in dispute: Efficient and effective case management in the TEC List
  6. Punishment and Responsibility: An Assessment of Moral Culpability in Sentencing

    The speech titled 'Punishment and Responsibility: An Assessment of Moral Culpability in Sentencing' was given by the Hon. Justice Emerton, the President of the Court of Appeal, on 2 May 2024 as the Annual Lecture at the Melbourne University Law Review.

  7. Welcome to the Profession, hosted by the Law Institute of Victoria

    Remarks of the Honourable Associate Justice Mary-Jane Ierodiaconou, at the Law Institute of Victoria's Welcome to the Profession event on Wednesday 20 March 2024. 

  8. National Wellness for Law Forum 2024

    Keynote address at the National Wellness for Law Forum 2024 on 15 February by the Hon. Chief Justice Ferguson.

  9. Launch of the Victorian Women Lawyers' Professional Mentoring Program 2023

    Remarks of the Honourable Associate Justice Mary-Jane Ierodiaconou, Melbourne at the launch of the 2023 Victoria Women Lawyers' Professional Mentoring Program in Melbourne. 

  10. Victorian Bar Readers’ Dinner

    Remarks of the Hon. Justice O'Meara, Victorian Bar Readers’ Dinner, Melbourne, 18 May 2023.

  11. Launch of the Victorian Chapter of Pride in Law

    Launch of the Victorian Chapter of Pride in Law, Supreme Court Library, Address of the Hon. Chief Justice Ferguson Thursday, 18 May 2023

  12. Court of Appeal ceremonial sitting at the Bendigo Law Courts

    Remarks by the Hon. Chief Justice Ferguson at the ceremonial sitting of the Court of Appeal at the Bendigo Law Courts on Wednesday, 5 April 2023.

  13. LIV 2023 Essential Briefing on the State of the Profession

    Address by the Hon. Chief Justice Ferguson at the Law Institute of Victoria’s ‘Essential Briefing on the State of the Profession’ on Wednesday, 22 March 2023.

  14. Bendigo Law Courts Opening Address of the Hon. Chief Justice Ferguson

    Bendigo Law Courts Opening Address of the Hon. Chief Justice Ferguson on Friday, 24 February 2023.

  15. Launch of the Victorian Women Lawyers' Professional Mentoring Program 2022

    Remarks of the Honourable Associate Justice Mary-Jane Ierodiaconou, Melbourne.1

  16. Chief Justice Ferguson's address at the 2022 Australian Bar Association (ABA) Conference

    Address of the Hon. Chief Justice Anne Ferguson at the 2022 Australian Bar Association Conference on 29 April 2022 at the State Library of Victoria.

  17. Chief Justice's remarks on the occasion of an admission ceremony

    Remarks of the Hon. Chief Justice Anne Ferguson on the occasion of an admission ceremony in the Banco Court on Tuesday, 12 April 2022.

  18. Chief Justice Anne Ferguson Addresses Law Institute of Victoria

    The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Anne Ferguson, today addressed a Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) ‘Essential Briefing for the Profession’ online event.

  19. The Origin of 'Mentor'

    Remarks of the Honourable Associate Justice Mary-Jane Ierodiaconou at the Victorian Women Lawyers’ Professional Mentoring Program, Melbourne.

  20. Weighing Up Different Forms of Evidence — A View From the Court

    Paper presented by The Hon. Justice Weinberg at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, 9 September 2020

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