Update to expert evidence in criminal trials Practice Note

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Practice Note SC CR 3 will be reissued on 1 June 2025.

The Chief Justice has authorised an amended version of the Practice Note on expert evidence in criminal trials.

The Practice Note should be read together with section 189 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009.

It will apply to criminal trials in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the County Court of Victoria.

This amendment took effect from 1 June 2025. It updates the first revision of the Practice Note published 30 January 2017.

Published on 08 May 2025