Judicial appointment - Stephen Paul Donaghue KC
… The Court welcomes the appointment of Dr Stephen Donaghue KC to the Court of Appeal. Dr Donaghue’s appointment is effective 27 January 2026. Dr Donaghue served as Solicitor-General of Australia since 2017, a role which included appearing before the Full Court of the High Court in more than 150 …
Announcement of new judicial appointments
… Chief Justice Ferguson welcomes Melinda Jane Richards SC as a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria … Civil and Administrative Tribunal. A welcome ceremony for Justice Richards will be held on Thursday 10 May. Watch …
The 2022 Julie-Dodds-Streeton KC Report
… Civil Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). Dr Helen Szoke completed that review and her final report in April 2021 . Recommendation 4 from Dr Szoke’s Report was for Court Services Victoria (CSV) to commission an … officers. The Hon Julie Dodds-Streeton KC, assisted by Jack O’Connor of Counsel, was engaged to undertake this …
Calculating time limits during the holiday period
… Rules 2025 (the Rules) the days from 24 December to 9 January are not counted. This also applies to orders made in … paragraph 3.04 of the Rules could apply include: the time for filing a judicial review originating motion and summons … after being served in Victoria (see Order 8 of the Rules). For Court of Appeal criminal matters, see Notice to the …
Kilmore East Kinglake Black Saturday settlement
… on 15 July 2014, after more than 200 court sitting days before Justice J Forrest. The application for the Court's approval of the … September 2016, 14 November 2016, 30 November 2016 and 30 January 2017 supervise the settlement distribution process. …
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Report on litigious costs
… is the result of a review conducted by the Hon Justice Jack Forrest and her Honour Kathryn Kings. The Report recommends significant changes to the basis on which costs …
eCourts renewal update
… held on 28 August and 24 September. All are welcome to bring their devices to experiment with connectivity … at the Supreme Court of Victoria. eCourts technology used for trial The upgraded eCourt technology in Court 7 of the Supreme Court was recently used in a trial for the first time. Justice Zammit presided over a …
DPP v Colton [2019] VSC 154
… Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth has sentenced Jason Rohan Colton to 11 years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 8 years, for the manslaughter of Ramis Jonuzi on 25 October 2017. …
Appeals to the Supreme Court from the Children’s Court
… Before appealing any decision of the Family Division of the … ordered to pay another party’s legal costs. You should only commence an appeal that has a real prospect of success. In … and can be heard and determined within 48 hours please, visit Urgent applications – Practice Court . … Appeals from …
Supreme Court Prize awarded
… law schools. The Court also awarded three Exhibition Prizes for the best honours thesis. Supreme Court Prize Winners 2020: Jake Boudsocq, Swinburne University Matthew Bucki-Smith, … Ferguson, herself a former Supreme Court Prize recipient, commended the ten graduates. “Even though we can’t celebrate …
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