Andrianakis v Uber Technologies Inc and Others
… in the taxi and hire car industries against seven companies in the Uber group of companies. The entry of Uber ride-sharing services into the … was due to commence on 18 March 2024. The night before, the parties entered into a proposed settlement. …
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Antonios Mokbel v The King [2023] VSCA 40
… a drug of dependence in an amount not less than a large commercial quantity, one charge of incitement to import a … (‘CDPP’) conceded that, as a result of the activities of a former barrister, Nicola Gobbo, there had been a substantial … a notice of discontinuance of that proceeding. Section 326E(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 provides for the …
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Yat v The King [2024] VSCA 93
… on 5 September 2023. The Court of Appeal published reasons for its decision on 13 May 2024. Dung Yat pleaded guilty in … disorder; his guilty plea; and the restriction on prison visits during the Covid-19 pandemic. The judge also had … of 6 months. --- NOTE : This summary is necessarily incomplete. It is not intended as a substitute for the Court’s …
Launch of the Victorian Women Lawyers' Professional Mentoring Program 2022
… she was being paid the same amount as me. I then gathered information from my peers. I spoke to another lawyer in my … forward. Breekveldt writes: Great mentees are driven to become mentors themselves, passing on the gifts and benefits … over 70 law firms and legal bodies across Australia. The latest figures show that the gender pay gap in the legal …
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The Role of Statutory Interpretation in Administrative Law
… the last 20 years or so, statutory interpretation has become the dominant mode of reasoning. In this paper, I will … of statutory interpretation that have particular relevance for administrative law, and consider how we are to approach … would any separate analysis of materiality be required. 26 Having developed the doctrine of materiality in SZMTA and …
DPP v Thomas Sewell & Jacob Hersant [2024] VSCA 70
… each pleaded guilty to a charge of violent disorder. On 26 September 2023, Sewell also pleaded guilty to committing an indictable offence whilst on bail. The … the offending. The Court of Appeal considered it was open for the judge to find that, although serious, the offending …
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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 …
Case management in Common Law Specialist Lists in the Supreme Court of Victoria
… delivery of justice. The Court’s key values are: Equality before the law Fairness Impartiality Independence of decision-making Competence Integrity Transparency Accessibility Timeliness … Directions Hearing 15. We identified key trigger points at which trial dates were being vacated. One of …
Chief Justice Ferguson's address at the 2022 Australian Bar Association (ABA) Conference
… Róisín Annesley QC, the President of the Victorian Bar for that warm introduction. Welcome to Melbourne. It is a great pleasure to join you here … for the Court’s website have had around 150,000 unique visits. For example, at its peak, the live stream of a …
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National Reconciliation Week 2017
… on the courts' role in honouring reconciliation efforts. His Honour stated 'it is imperative in today's world that the common law should neither be nor be seen to be frozen in an … and history. Included in the program this year was a visit to Wurdi Youang, an important cultural area for the …
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