2019-2020 Annual Report
… Among the many events, changes and achievements across the reporting period: … of jury trials from March 2020. The overall workload in the Commercial Court remained consistent across the reporting … period, despite the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The Common Law Division created a new Institutional Liability …
Advice on the use of face masks in Supreme Court buildings
… (SCV) buildings, subject to the exemptions, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Masks can be … if a person has breathing difficulties. A person is communicating with a person who is deaf or hard of hearing where visibility of the mouth is essential for communication Those interpreting for the deaf, whether in …
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First e-Trial in the Commercial Court
… The Supreme Court of Victoria is no stranger to directing or encouraging parties to engage external providers to run … Sifris presided over this trial, the first electronic Commercial Court trial run in an e-Court, throughout August. … well. Digital Litigation from the Court’s viewpoint The Commercial Court trial was run by utilising an electronic …
Court of Appeal dismisses appeal
… was originally constructed in 1949 by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria as a component of the Hazelwood open cut mine. In 1994, when the …
Judgment handed down in Akoka v The Queen
… The Court of Appeal (Chief Justice Warren, Justice Kyrou and Justice Redlich) today allowed an … involved the applicant, armed with a hammer, and two accomplices, one armed with a knife, entering a house through … prior convictions, was on bail and was the subject of a community correction order. He was using methylamphetamine …
Judgment handed down in The Chief Commissioner of Police v Nikolic
… The Court of Appeal [President Maxwell, Justice R Osborn and Justice Kaye] today allowed an appeal by the Chief Commissioner of Police against a Supreme Court decision made … in June 2016 which quashed an 'exclusion order' made by the Commissioner against Mr Nikolic. The exclusion order, made …
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Update on jury trials
… Jury Trials Statement from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Chief … health advice and in the best interests of the Victorian community. The Courts are pleased to announce that, as the … the resumption of several everyday activities within the community, a limited number of Melbourne-based criminal jury …
Professional Liability List
… Professional Liability List provides for the just and efficient determination of proceedings involving claims for … ) Building, construction and engineering practitioners ( Commercial Court ). Practice Note SC CL 5 Professional … … Practitioners can access a range of standard orders commonly used in the Professional Liability List and a …
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Judgment handed down in Secretary to the Dept. of Economic Development v Manor Lakes (Werribee) Pty Ltd
… today dismissed an appeal by the Secretary to the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources … to pay Manor Lakes (Werribee) Pty Ltd ('MLW') an amount of compensation for loss attributable to disturbance under s 41(1)(d) of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1996 ('the Act'). The Authority …
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Anzac ceremonial sitting at Supreme Court
… A Supreme Court ceremonial sitting to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli landings and Anzac Day has been … than 140 dignitaries, judges, members of Victoria's legal community and representatives of the armed forces. The …
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