Practice Notes provide information about particular aspects of the Court's practice, procedure and organisation. They sit alongside the Rules of Court to provide guidance in relation to the conduct of proceedings. Lawyers with the conduct of proceedings are expected to be familiar with their content and act in accordance with that guidance unless directed otherwise.
From 30 January 2017 the Court introduces a new system of publishing and organising its Practice Notes to make them easier to locate and navigate and ensure the information provided is up to date.
Each Practice Note is designated with the letter "SC" followed by an abbreviation denoting the Division of the Court to which it applies or the General designation followed by a number.
| SC CA | Court of Appeal |
| SC CC | Commercial Court |
| SC CL | Common Law Division |
| SC CR | Criminal Division |
| SC GEN | General |
Where changes are made to a Practice Note, it will retain its designation. The body of the Practice Note will contain its new operative date and a history of amendments and a copy of the superseded version will be retained in the Practice Notes Archive.
Notices to the Profession provide information to practitioners about matters of a more temporal nature such as advising which judges are responsible for which specialist lists for the year; reminders to the profession about certain rules and practices if it appears there is confusion or non-compliance and notices from the Prothonotary or a Registrar about a matter of registry practice.
| Practice note | Division | Date of publication | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to describe the procedures to be followed in relation to applications for admission where the Victorian Legal Admissions Board has recommended in the compliance… | General | SC GEN 18 Conditional Admission (docx 50.93KB) SC GEN 18 Conditional Admission (pdf 146.62KB) | |
SC GEN 19 Redcrest Electronic Case Management System (Second revision) This Practice Note makes provision for certain aspects of filing documents through RedCrest, the Court’s electronic filing system. |
General | Practice Note SC Gen 19 - RedCrest.docx (docx 59.33KB) Practice Note SC Gen 19 - RedCrest.pdf (pdf 271.21KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to set out the divisional structure of the Trial Division of the Court, the specialist Lists within the Trial Division and the allocation of matters within that… | General | SC Gen 2 Structure of the Trial Division (pdf 208.56KB) SC Gen 2 Structure of the Trial Division (docx 55.23KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to explain the reliance that will be placed on details provided by the parties of evidential material to read and relied on, in the context of inspection of civil… | Civil Division, General | SC Gen 20 Inspection of Civil Court Files by Non-Parties (pdf 219.20KB) SC Gen 20 Inspection of Civil Court Files by Non-Parties (docx 49.32KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to clarify how parties and/or lawyers can advise the Court of their forms of address and pronunciation. | Criminal Law Division, Civil Division, Common Law Division, Commercial Court, Court of Appeal, General | Practice Note SC Gen 21 - Appearing in Court (pdf 199.64KB) Practice Note SC Gen 21 - Appearing in Court (docx 56.04KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to set out the requirements in relation to the citation of authorities and legislation and the provision of those to the Court and other parties. | General | SC GEN 3 Authorities and Legislation (docx 51.11KB) SC GEN 3 Authorities and Legislation (pdf 128.63KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to set out matters of protocol in relation to proceedings in the Supreme Court. | General | SC GEN 4 Custom and Protocol (docx 54.57KB) SC GEN 4 Custom and Protocol (pdf 139.27KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to promote the effective use of technology in the conduct of civil litigation to reduce time and costs. This Practice Note sets out the Court’s expectations in… | General | SC GEN 5 Technology in Civil Litigation (First revision) (docx 87.34KB) SC GEN 5 Technology in Civil Litigation (First revision) (pdf 294.84KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to set out the requirement for transcript in civil proceedings in the Trial Division and Court of Appeal. | General | SC GEN 7 - Transcript in civil proceedings (second revision).pdf (pdf 280.73KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to set out procedures in relation to appeals from Associate Judges. This version (the First revision), which comes in to effect from 10 July 2018 and applies… | General | SC GEN 8 Appeals from Associate Judges (First revision) (docx 53.47KB) SC GEN 8 Appeals from Associate Judges (First revision) (pdf 153.95KB) |