Supreme Court publishes 2022-23 annual report
… case backlog, with a clearance rate of 148 per cent. The Commercial Court experienced a 20 per cent increase in the number of new cases. The Common Law Division’s Institutional Liability List recorded … largest single year-on-year increase in applications with 26,660 received. The new SCV Mediation Centre opened in the …
Opening of the legal year in Bendigo
… was eldest son of George and Mary Mackay whose family had come to Australia in the 1830s. Murdoch's grandfather Angus … talent. He was born in 1891 and was schooled at Gravel Hill primary in Mundy Street and then at St Andrews College and … Australia in May 1915 as a captain. He became a seasoned soldier, serving in Egypt and Gallipoli before proceeding to …
Victorian Bar Readers’ Dinner
… from the Supreme Court of Victoria. ] Good evening ladies and gentlemen and thank you for the very warm welcome. I acknowledge all distinguished guests as well as any … existed when I started at the Bar: namely, the VicBar website. And I found something on it that I didn’t know …
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DPP v Thomas Sewell & Jacob Hersant [2024] VSCA 70
… 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 … days’ imprisonment (reckoned as time already served) with a community correction order (‘CCO’) of 14 months. The DPP …
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SC GEN 10 Conduct of Group Proceedings (Class Actions) (Second revision)
… on the conduct and management of group proceedings (commonly referred to as ‘class actions’) within the Supreme … that is appropriate for publication on the Supreme Court website. 5.3 The plaintiff’s solicitor is required to take … appearances by the defendant(s). 7.3 The solicitor(s) with primary responsibility for carriage of the proceeding on …
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Appeal against sentence dismissed
… against sentence in Whiteford v The Queen [2016] VSCA 26. The offender had committed a number of offences against his former domestic … of aggravated burglary, one charge of theft, one charge of common assault and two charges of contravening a family …
Applications for 2022 Senior Counsel
… courts and their clients. Applications for appointment open 26 April Applications for the appointment of Senior Counsel (2022) open on 26 April and close at 5pm on Friday 20 May 2022. People who … Victorian Bar, the broader profession, the Legal Services Commissioner and the judiciary, the appointment of new …
Applications for 2023 senior counsel
… courts and their clients. Applications for appointment open 26 April Applications for the appointment of Senior Counsel (2023) open on 26 April and close at 5pm on Friday 19 May 2023. People who … Victorian Bar, the broader profession, the Legal Services Commissioner and the judiciary, the appointment of new …
AS v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and Ors
… action but rather as an individual claim to be tried on 26 April 2017. The Court granted an application by the Minister and the Commonwealth that the claim no longer proceed under Part 4A … members. The claim of AS will now proceed to trial on 26 April 2017 with an estimated duration of six to eight …
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COVID-19 State Government (Business Losses) Group Proceeding (Class Action)
… January 2025 … Orders of the Honourable Justice Keogh dated 26 March 2024 … Orders made by the Honourable Justice Watson on 2 February 2026 permitted the late opt out of certain group members. … AEST on Monday, 8 July 2024 to be eligible to receive compensation if there is a settlement between the parties at …
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