Announcement of Senior Counsel for Victoria 2024
… the 2024 Silks were chosen from 90 applicants (64 men and 26 women) after a thorough consultation with the Victorian Bar, the broader profession, the Legal Services Commissioner and the judiciary. “Our newest Silks should be extremely proud of this significant career accomplishment,” the Chief Justice …
Introduction to Human Rights Seminar: Opening Remarks
… The following document is the speech titled 'Introduction to Human Rights Seminar: …
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Court of Appeal dismisses appeals against sentence
… The Court of Appeal has dismissed appeals against sentence in Ritchie v The Queen and Harrison v The Queen [2016] VSCA 27, on 4 March 2016. … intentionally as 15 years. In fact the maximum penalty for this offence was only ten years. The judge was led into this …
Applications for extension of time under rule 64.08 of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015
… This Court of Appeal notice advises practitioners that, for a … granted, subject to limited exceptions. The trial period commenced on 1 May 2017 and ends on 29 September 2019. All extension applications …
SC CC 5 RedCrest (Second revision)
… **Notice** From 2 July 2018, all documents for Common Law, Commercial Court and Costs Court matters will be … using the RedCrest electronic filing platform. RedCrest is the Supreme Court of Victoria's electronic filing system … rules Pre-register for RedCrest View previous versions of this Practice Note … This Practice Note was reissued on 21 …
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Judgment handed down in William Nicholls v The Queen
… R Osborn and Justice Santamaria, President Maxwell dissenting) today dismissed an appeal by William Nicholls … Santamaria) rejected his three arguments in support of this contention, concluding that (1) it was open to the … from the charges being tried jointly was 'slight in comparison with the disadvantage resulting from the course …
Advice on the use of face masks in Supreme Court buildings
… where people are able to maintain 1.5 metres physical distance. Exemptions include: Where the nature of a person’s … if a person has breathing difficulties. A person is communicating with a person who is deaf or hard of hearing … whether in court or not, may remove face coverings for this purpose. A person is working by themselves in an …
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Full Court ceremonial sitting for appointment of Senior Counsel
… of Australia, judges of the Supreme Court, heads of jurisdiction and judges of other courts. The Court also … of Appeal, Justice Maxwell, the Principal Judges of the Commercial Court, Justice Hargrave, the Common Law Division, … perfectly all the time. To the new Senior Counsel I say this, the performance of a Senior Counsel develops, grows, …
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Probate Office - Surety's Guarantee
… The individual providing the guarantee is to sign the surety's guarantee in the presence of a … providing the guarantee must not be the proposed administrator. These forms are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. If you require any …
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Judgment handed down in Wakim v The Queen
… penetrating a child under the age of 16 years on the basis that the sentencing judge did not give appropriate weight … given a total effective sentence of 20 months' imprisonment combined with a two year Community Correction Order ('CCO'). … the offender given that he does not live in Victoria. NOTE: This summary is necessarily incomplete. It is not intended …
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