The Chief Justice's response to media criticism of judges
… Indeed these reports have gone further and characterised the judiciary's approach as judicial defiance, refusal … by-passed the laws. What is this about? New sentencing laws commenced in Victoria in 2013 mandating judges to impose … made and passed by the Parliament. Judges are going about their sentencing work in a careful, methodical way according …
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Salem v Uber Group Proceeding (Class Action)
… . Andrianakis v Uber Technologies Inc & Ors (S ECI 2019 01926) ( Andrianakis Proceeding ) is a group proceeding (class … a loss of the equity value of taxi licences and loss of income. The Salem Proceeding and the Andrianakis Proceeding … carefully as the matters set out in the notice may affect their legal rights. Please note that the deadline for …
Andrianakis v Uber Group Proceeding (Class Action)
… Andrianakis v Uber Technologies Inc & Ors (S ECI 2019 01926) ( Andrianakis Proceeding ) is a group proceeding (class … a loss of the equity value of taxi licences and loss of income. The Andrianakis Proceeding and the Salem Proceeding … carefully as the matters set out in the notice may affect their legal rights. Please note that the deadline for …
Supreme Court publishes 2023-24 annual report
… the overall duration of a case reduce. Finalisations in the Commercial Court increased by more than 36 per cent. The … Common Law Division list with initiations increasing by 26 per cent. More than 50 per cent of initiations were … judicial officers, staff, the legal community, Court Services Victoria and Court users, who continued to help us …
Judgment handed down in Skarbek v The Society of Jesus in Victoria and Ors
… On 26 October 2016, Associate Justice Daly ordered that twenty … Act 1958 (Vic) ('Act'), which prohibits confidential communications between alleged victims of sexual assault and their medical practitioners and counsellors from being …
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Mayne Pharma Group Proceeding (Class Action)
… executives of Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc, an American competitor to Mayne Pharma, which was the subject of a … carefully as the matters set out in the notice may affect their legal rights. The Notice requires that any group … (Class Action) … Amended Statement of Claim filed on 26 April 2024 in the Mayne Pharma Group Proceeding (Class …
Lessons in Mathematics - Australian Academy of Law Patron’s Address
… of a head or a tail is 50-50. When one tosses two coins, the probability of two heads, is the product of the … of probability and the prosecution’s use of it at trial: 26 (1) The testimony itself lacked an adequate foundation … 274 [78]-[79]; 276 [89]; 278 [98]; [102]. [69] (2011) 196 FCR 145; [2011] FCAFC 128. [70] Peterson v Merck Sharpe & …
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Judgment handed down in Ryan, Lindholm and Trabert v The Queen
… today refused three applications for leave to appeal and dismissed two appeals against sentence imposed for the … to 31 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 26 years. Each of the offenders sought leave to appeal their respective sentences on the ground of manifest excess. …
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Judgment handed down in Commonwealth DPP v Haynes
… of Appeal today dismissed an appeal against sentence by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. Mr Haynes … the internet. The primary offences were using a carriage service to 'procure' and 'engage' in sexual activity with persons under the age of 16 (contrary to ss 474.26 and 474.25A of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) …
DPP v Thomas Sewell & Jacob Hersant [2024] VSCA 70
… the Court of Appeal (Emerton P, Kennedy and Boyce JJA) dismissed two appeals by the Director of Public Prosecutions … each pleaded guilty to a charge of violent disorder. On 26 September 2023, Sewell also pleaded guilty to committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. The …
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