Supreme Court publishes 2024-25 annual report
… delivered a clearance rate of 168 per cent. Fast-track committals continue to reduce overall case duration, with an … Chambers Applications List and Specialist Lists grew by 26.4 per cent to 10,747 hearings since last year. During … understanding of the work of the Court.” “We thank everyone, including judicial officers, staff, the legal community …
Supreme Court of Victoria: 2024-25 Annual Report
… delivered a clearance rate of 168 per cent. Fast-track committals continue to reduce overall case duration, with an … saved from date of charge to finalisation for fast-tracked committals. In the Civil Division, judicial mediation … Chambers Applications List and Specialist Lists grew by 26.4 per cent to 10,747 hearings since last year. … The …
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 … largest single year-on-year increase in applications with 26,660 received. The new SCV Mediation Centre opened in the … adapt its operations with technological improvements pioneered by necessity now fundamental to the everyday …
SC CL 7 Testators Family Maintenance List
… Practice Note was reissued and commences on 12 January 2026, as revised, and will apply to all proceedings in the … Family Maintenance List; List directions day means one of the regular days that a Judicial Officer convenes … $1,000,000 (or such other value as published on the List website from time to time). 4. PROCEEDINGS SUITABLE FOR …
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Sir Ninian Stephen Law Program Oration 2025 ‘AI and the Judicial System’
… ways to demonstrate its emergence and scale. Investment is one metric. In 2015, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta … judge’s chambers, typically law clerks, to draft judgments. 26 A judge could direct AI to produce a complete first draft … that reasons are useful to a critical if not sceptical audience who ‘should be convinced that justice has been done, …
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Application for Standard or Concession Court Fees
… estate and you wish to pay the standard fee , you must complete and submit the Application for Standard or … (Sample of Health Care Card, from Services Australian website ) Other cards, including pension cards , are not … believe you are eligible for a concession fee , you must complete and submit the Application for Standard or …
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Applications for 2023 senior counsel
… The appointment of Senior Counsel recognises a legal practitioner’s skill, integrity, independence and standing in the … courts and their clients. Applications for appointment open 26 April Applications for the appointment of Senior Counsel … Victorian Bar, the broader profession, the Legal Services Commissioner and the judiciary, the appointment of new …
Remarks of the Chief Justice at the launch of ‘Binding Authority: 150 Years of Authorised Law Reporting in Victoria’
… institutions that underpin the rule of law. From its commencement in 1852, this Court has been an example of one of those enduring institutions that has proved essential … The Yoorrook Justice Commission has powerfully brought forward the terrible toll of that history on First Nations …
New Civil Procedure Rules 2025
… made. There are some changes that will require practitioners to update the format of precedents. A grace period … progressively update forms and documents available on the website in coming months to reflect the changes and … a note has been inserted to define the available remedies in plain English, as the reference to Latin terminology …
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