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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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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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 …
New Practice Note and Judicial Guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence
… its use, while detailing the risks Court users should be aware of when using AI to prepare Court documents, and the steps they should take to ensure that information is complete, accurate, and relevant to the case. “Court users … of AI tools and the potential sanctions for legal practitioners who rely on unverified AI outputs. The Judicial …
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Flex Commissions Group Proceeding (Class Action) - Macquarie Leasing
… 2013 to 31 October 2018, with respect to which a “flex commission” was paid to the car dealer. The claim alleges … that the terms of those car loans relating to the “flex commissions” constituted “unfair conduct” for the purposes … of Objection’ form available at Maurice Blackburn's website ; and email it to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers at …
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