Forensic medicine and the Court
… year anniversary, it is also 175 years since the first coroner in the district of Melbourne was appointed. Following … Australia for the development of forensic medicine. James Edward Neild was appointed as foundation lecturer in forensic … in the district. It also gave the coroner the power to commit a person for trial if they concluded that a death …
Reforming urgent business before the Court
… or during, proceedings to preserve the rights of parties or compel the undertaking of an action. Common examples include … Common Law Division and the Commercial Court have moved towards a judicial case-management structure through the … Notices to the Profession regarding urgent Court business, one for the Common Law Division and the other for the …
Judgment handed down in DPP v Browning
… and stabbed her 15 times to her chest, neck and throat. One of the couple's adult daughters was in the house, and … period of 16 years. NOTE: This summary is necessarily incomplete. It is not intended as a substitute for the Court's …
Visiting Court: Advice for school groups
… hearings because you may not all be able to get into one courtroom. When visiting a courtroom students should … Eating is not permitted in the courtrooms Turn off mobile phones and other electronic equipment Most hearings are open … Did you know the Court Education Program gives VCE Legal Studies students the opportunity to hear from a judge? If you’d …
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Kamasaee v Commonwealth of Australia and Ors
… in the previously agreed $70 million distribution from the Commonwealth. A total of 1,923 asylum seekers were detained … of Australia and other defendants falsely imprisoned them and breached duties of care. The case was settled … “properly belongs to participating group members”. “It is one thing to enlarge the pool of recipients before the …
The Honourable Justice Macaulay retires
… the Trial Division, Justice Macaulay primarily sat in the Common Law Division. There, he presided in trials ranging … the value of hard-working and well-prepared legal practitioners, as well as the weight litigants bear in confronting … them.” While at the Court, His Honour chaired several bodies including the Supreme Court Library committee, Law …
Statement from the Chief Justice
… Justice Richard Niall Chair of Courts Council 2 March 2026 The courts are committed to working with journalists to … and provide onsite offices for media. This month alone, the Supreme Court and County Court hosted trainee … decision of the courts and VCAT were published on public websites last year. You only need to click on a news site or …
Ruling handed down in Connective Services Pty Ltd & Anor v Slea Pty Ltd & Ors
… Justice Peter Almond of the Commercial Court has ordered that this proceeding be stayed … obtained the document in question through discovery in one of these proceedings, and sought to use the document to … the document in other interlocutory proceedings after the commencement of this proceeding had the effect of remedying …
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Judgment handed down in DPP v Cooper (a Pseudonym)
… May 2016. The respondent stood trial in the County Court on one charge of rape, two charges of attempted rape and two … days' imprisonment on the charge of rape, and a three year Community Correction Order on the charges of attempted rape … offences that were the subject of these charges had been committed against the respondent's step-daughter in around …
Lawyers of the future
… this internship experience has affirmed my drive towards working with and around the law,” she said. “While … those from either culturally diverse backgrounds, those who come from families with no prior connection to the law, or … As part of the three-week program, students spent one week at the Victorian Bar, as well as two weeks in …
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