Victorian Reports launch 2016
… (17 August) and Sydney (18 August) Honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to speak on behalf of the … for a long time, not just here in Victoria but around the common law world. The debate has been sharpened by the … Reports are: Available on the dedicated Victorian Reports website published by Little William Bourke, with its own …
20th Anniversary of the Court of Appeal
… from the trial court could the reality and appearance of complete independence be secured. Those reasons, as valid … elaborate reference to authority. Finally there is the onerous task of writing the judgment which must address at … this difficult legislation, which is notorious for its studied obscurity. Other common law claims for personal injury …
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Personal Injuries List Case Management & Listings update - May 2024
… initial timetabling orders being made. Discovery is to be completed 3 months after the initial timetabling orders, and … should not be dismissed. Conduct of parties and practitioners These changes will require some modifications to the manner in which practitioners conduct proceedings. In particular: By the time they …
Opening address by the Chief Justice at the ‘Binding Authority: 150 Years of the Victorian Reports’ symposium
… and the Victorian Reports, to hear from contributors to the commemorative volume of the Victorian Reports, and of course to launch the volume. As one contributor to the volume wrote, the ‘importance of law … the mere existence of authorised reports is a sufficient bulwark against distortions and inaccuracies. That is why the …
SC CR 4 Sentencing hearings (Third revision)
… the procedures to be followed in sentencing hearings. [1] COMMENCEMENT 1.1 This Practice Note was issued on 4 March … criminal enterprise offender [4] ; whether the offence is one to which the standard sentencing scheme applies [5] ; … that the author of the reference/testimonial is aware of the specific offences, and the offending conduct, to …
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SC CC 9 schemes of arrangement
… Note. 1.2 This Practice Note was developed by the Committee for the Harmonisation of Rules of the Council of … responsibilities and binding authority. Scheme proponents may proceed on the basis that, subject to the … Exchange or by an announcement on the scheme proponent’s website if it is not listed. A newspaper advertisement would …
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Institutional Liability List Case Management & Listing Update – May 2024
… initial timetabling orders being made. Discovery is to be completed 4 months after the initial timetabling orders, and … should not be dismissed. Conduct of parties and practitioners These changes will require some modifications to the manner in which practitioners conduct proceedings. In particular: By the time they …
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Opening address by the Chief Justice at the Australian Association of Crown Prosecutors conference
… 1830s, trials of indictable offences alleged to have been committed in the Port Phillip district of NSW were heard in … in that locality, ‘so that justice will be seen to be done by those who are interested in seeing it and so that no … [8] [2017] VSC 225, [31]-[32]. [9] [2014] VSC 677, [26]. [10] The Queen v Cardamone [2017] VSC 225, [37]. [11] …
Dust Diseases List Case Management & Listing Update – May 2024
… require. If a plaintiff’s legal representatives know before commencing a proceeding that an expedited trial application … should not be dismissed. Conduct of parties and practitioners These changes will require some modifications to the manner in which practitioners conduct proceedings. In particular: By the time they …
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LIV 2023 Essential Briefing on the State of the Profession
… people joining in today. I acknowledge the Legal Services Commissioner, guests and participants. Thank you to the LIV, Tania … there a better way? My message today is to keep looking forward, not back. Building new skills Many of us came up …
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