2019-2020 Annual Report
… of jury trials from March 2020. The overall workload in the Commercial Court remained consistent across the reporting … remote access to licensed content through the library website growing from 3,600 to 5,750. The Court’s Gertie’s … and Chief Executive Officer Matt Hall PSM thanked everyone who worked so quickly and with such goodwill during …
Civil Circuit List
… Latrobe Valley (Morwell) Mildura Sale Shepparton Wangaratta Warrnambool Wodonga A proceeding should be initiated in the … and end dates for the regional circuits for the Common Law Division as well as the Court of Appeal and the … court outside the allocated circuit sitting period. Practitioners should make relevant enquiries via the List e-mail …
Judgment handed down in Wilson v Bauer Media Pty Ltd
… The Hon. Justice John Dixon has awarded Rebel Wilson a total of $4,567,472 in damages against … could convince the public that Ms Wilson is not a dishonest person and bring home the gravity of the reputational … the articles were trivial or not that serious. The jury comprehensively rejected the defences and only a substantial …
Address by the Chief Justice at the Law Institute of Victoria’s Legal Sector Dinner ‘Value and Values’
… and all First Nations persons present. The generous Welcome to Country we have received from Murrundindi reminds us … for the administration of justice and that with the rewards of being a lawyer comes the responsibilities that the … admissions – the Court admitted about two thousand practitioners last year – and the familiar pattern that each …
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Judgment handed down in Gant and Siddique v The Queen
… charges of obtaining a financial advantage by deception and one charge of attempting to obtain a financial advantage by …
Judgment in Hand v Morris and Anor
… The Court has awarded a plaintiff damages of $717,000 in a claim for … a teacher at a Victorian state primary school. The claim is one of many brought against the teacher and the State of … them to proceed for trial consecutively before a Judge alone to avoid a doubling up of evidence and the risk of …
Advice on the use of face masks in Supreme Court buildings
… of the mouth is essential. Judicial officers and anyone addressing the court as part of their work may remove … if a person has breathing difficulties. A person is communicating with a person who is deaf or hard of hearing … Court. Further information can be accessed on the DHHS website . The health and safety of judicial officers, …
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R v Natale [2019] VSC 30
… violent, aggressive, and life-threatening behaviour towards [your victim] must have sent a ripple of fear … any time – to refuse the custom of a would-be client, even one who had hitherto been a regular client or even a friend. … should not carry with it the risk of any retaliation, let alone an attack with a loaded firearm…Your multiple use of a …
Consultation Paper on Time-based costing and rates of charge survey for legal service providers
… As part of the stage one implementation of the Report on Litigious Costs , the … Separately, the Courts invite legal service providers to complete a survey to provide information on the rates that … The survey should take no longer than 5-10 minutes and is completely anonymous. Complete the survey now . Responses to …
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Statement from the Chief Justice of Victoria
… Chair, I have asked my fellow Council member, State Coroner, His Honour Judge Cain, to act as the coordination … Courts and VCAT will continue to closely follow State and Commonwealth government health advice. I would like to thank … decisions are made. Information will be included on their websites as it becomes available. Those links are: …
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