National Wellness for Law Forum 2024
… Good morning, It is a pleasure to be with you at the National Wellness for … the audience At the Supreme Court, one of our values is a commitment to unity and wellbeing. It underpins our … information about this. Last year, Lucinda Soon wrote: 26 “ We suggest that legal sector organisations may achieve …
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The Origin of 'Mentor'
… land on which I stand, and pay my respect to ancestors of this country – the Wurundjeri Elders, knowledge-holders and … privilege, as the patron of the VWL mentoring scheme, to officially launch this program! I thank all those involved … in establishing it. In particular, the Work Practices Committee, who have worked tirelessly over the difficult …
The Role of Statutory Interpretation in Administrative Law
… Introduction Sometimes I wonder if administrative law is just statutory interpretation. Of course it … the last 20 years or so, statutory interpretation has become the dominant mode of reasoning. In this paper, I will … would any separate analysis of materiality be required. 26 Having developed the doctrine of materiality in SZMTA and …
Opening address by the Chief Justice at the ‘Binding Authority: 150 Years of the Victorian Reports’ symposium
… and the Victorian Reports, to hear from contributors to the commemorative volume of the Victorian Reports, and of course … of the Year Books law reports have been the essential nourishment of the common law’. The time of the Year Books means … but they are suspected to have been clerks, court officials, lawyers involved in the case, lawyers who were …
Leading from the Bench: Women Jurists as Role Models
… Justice of Victoria on the occasion of American Chamber of Commerce in Australia 'Women in Leadership' Breakfast at Crown, Melbourne. Pr'cis : Women currently account for about one third of the … cancer and had to endure months of rigorous treatment. [26] During this time her Honour did not miss a sitting day …
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Opening address by the Chief Justice at the Australian Association of Crown Prosecutors conference
… Thursday 10 July 2025 Thank you Magistrate Falla for acknowledging the country on which we … 1830s, trials of indictable offences alleged to have been committed in the Port Phillip district of NSW were heard in … [8] [2017] VSC 225, [31]-[32]. [9] [2014] VSC 677, [26]. [10] The Queen v Cardamone [2017] VSC 225, [37]. [11] …
The State, Territory and Federal Courts on Constitutional Law in the 2023 Term
… through the organisers, my PowerPoint slides and a complete list of the cases I considered, so that there is no … v Gatsby (2018) 99 NSWLR 1; [2018] NSWCA 254 at [125]-[126]. 10 … What is determinative of this appeal is the nature … Likiardopoulos v The Queen (2012) 247 CLR 265. [28] [2023] FCAFC 162. [29] BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster (2019) 269 CLR …
The Supreme Court in World War One
… War One touched each and every member of the Victorian community. We need only reflect on all the names on the war … 800 members. Those of you who entered via William Street this morning will have passed the large wooden honour board … and passed away. Chief Justice Irvine received the official notification of his death. He summoned Justice …
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Disrupting how we use pleadings in complex construction disputes
… Address entitled: Disrupting how we use pleadings in complex construction disputes . 3 I am truly flattered … notice of those issues at the earliest possible stage . 26 By defining the issues in dispute, pleadings also … speech. [2] Fieldturf Inc v Balsam Pacific Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 809, [3]. [3] See E Thornburg and C Cameron, Defining …
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Court of Appeal practical seminars
… These panels discussions were held over three evenings during which panel … … PRESIDENT MAXWELL: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the Court of Appeal. It’s my pleasurable duty to … to revise your written case when provided with the official transcript, the official revised transcript. So …
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