Shafiul Milky v The King [2024] VSCA 136
… Summary of judgment Shafiul Milky v The King 17 June 2024 The Court of Appeal (Emerton ACJ, Priest and … of sexual assault, and one count of sexual assault by compelling sexual touching. All six complainants were … of Shafiul Milky v The King [2024] VSCA 136 delivered on 17 June 2024. … Shafiul Milky v The King [2024] VSCA 136 …
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Case management in Common Law Specialist Lists in the Supreme Court of Victoria
… law Fairness Impartiality Independence of decision-making Competence Integrity Transparency Accessibility Timeliness … tended not to create an unreasonable burden on the Court. 7. However the Court recognised that this method could … directions hearing’ as well. Final Directions Hearing 17. Assuming that matters are on track, the next case …
Welcome to the Profession, hosted by the Law Institute of Victoria
… Lawyer section for inviting me. Congratulations and welcome to the profession! Almost 30 years ago, a nervous young … who had been sexually harassed. I realised that my studies in feminist legal theory and discrimination law could … accepted or rejected? Will I feel like a winner or loser?” 7 Our profession is an ideal one for embracing the growth …
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Class Actions Protocol
… which representative or class action proceedings involving common parties and the same or similar issues that are … of Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) (FCAA) and in the Supreme Court of Victoria by Part 4A of the …
SC CC 6 Cross-Border Insolvency (first revision)
… with foreign courts or foreign representatives. 2. COMMENCEMENT 2.1 This Practice Note was issued on 28 May … 4.2 Chapter IV of the Model Law, comprising Articles 25 – 27, provides for cooperation with foreign courts and foreign … to in Article 1 of the Model Law. 4.3 Articles 25 and 27 of the Model Law, as modified by s 11 of the Cross-Border …
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The Role of Statutory Interpretation in Administrative Law
… the last 20 years or so, statutory interpretation has become the dominant mode of reasoning. In this paper, I will … construction that would not promote that purpose or object. 7 In 2014, in Thiess v Collector of Customs, the High Court … v SZSSJ (‘SZSSJ’), 36 had explained that s 351 embodied two distinct ‘decisions’: (a) a procedural decision as …
DPP v Thomas Sewell & Jacob Hersant [2024] VSCA 70
… respondents by a judge in the County Court of Victoria on 27 October 2023. On 1 August 2023, following a sentence … On 26 September 2023, Sewell also pleaded guilty to committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. The … of the hiker’s fingers. Sewell was sentenced to 1 month and 7 days’ imprisonment (reckoned as time already served). In …
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Yat v The King [2024] VSCA 93
… of 6 months. --- NOTE : This summary is necessarily incomplete. It is not intended as a substitute for the Court’s …
Runacres v The Coroners Court of Victoria [2024] VSC 304
… on 2 January 2020 at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (‘DPFC’). The appellant was the registered medical doctor who … Act 2008 (Vic) (‘Coroners Act’). In accordance with s 67 of the Coroners Act, the Coroner made a large number of … limited to a coroner’s statutory finding (as opposed to a comment or recommendation). The appeal is limited to a …
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Remarks of the Chief Justice at the launch of ‘Binding Authority: 150 Years of Authorised Law Reporting in Victoria’
… institutions that underpin the rule of law. From its commencement in 1852, this Court has been an example of one … palpably inapplicable to their condition. In 1951 and 1976, the Court considered whether Aboriginal people could be … latter was the last man to be hanged in Australia, in 1967. The other group of people whose life and work emerges …
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