Major Torts List & Group Proceedings (Common Law)
… Proceedings that are primarily of a tortious nature may be entered in this List, including any associated proceedings that derive from tortious conduct. Proceedings managed in the Major Torts List & Group Proceedings (Common Law) include: Defamation proceedings Tortious claims …
Technology Assisted Review plays key role in litigation
… The Supreme Court of Victoria has become the first court in Australia to order the use of technology-assisted review (TAR) techniques, or predictive coding, to …
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DPP (Cth) v Masange and Kachunga
… The Court of Appeal today allowed an appeal by the Commonwealth Director of Public … up charge of importing a commercial quantity ('CQ') of a border controlled drug (methamphetamine and cocaine). This …
Judgment handed down in Bradley v The Queen
… The Court of Appeal today dismissed an application for leave to appeal against … The applicant had been convicted, in 2015, of the 1983 murder of 16 year old Michelle Buckingham in Shepparton. He was … task before him, as the applicant was only 21 when he committed the offence. It was apparent that the judge had …
Changes to court file searches and affidavits
… rules relating to court file searches and affidavits that come into effect soon. These changes are brought about by the Supreme Court (Chapter I (Inspection and Affidavits) … Amendment) Rules 2021 , which operate to amend Orders 28 (file inspection) and 43 (affidavits) of the Supreme …
Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria Inc v Country Fire Authority
… The proceeding Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria Inc v Country Fire Authority (S CI 2016 02269) was today resolved in the … of agreement. Justice McDonald said in Court: 'The court commends the parties for their resolution, in the …
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Ceremonial Sitting in Bendigo
… Bendigo Law Courts with a ceremonial sitting, with speakers commending the landmark building. Chief Justice Anne Ferguson, President of the Court of Appeal Karin Emerton and Justice Robert … Osborn presided over the ceremonial sitting on Wednesday 5 April. Speakers Chief Justice Ferguson, President …
Court fee increase – 1 July 2019
… Fees payable to the Court are provided for by the Supreme Court … in accordance with the rate fixed by the Treasurer under the Monetary Units Act 2004 . Details of all fees …
Thorpe v Transport for Victoria judgment
… Details The Honourable Justice Jacinta Forbes handed down … Transport for Victoria & Ors (S ECI 2020 04091) on Thursday, 3 December. The hearing of the matter, conducted on 19 … trial of the matter with respect to the construction and/or completion of part of the Western Highway Duplication – …
Judgment handed down in Cook v The Queen
… The law in Victoria provides that in a trial by jury, during the empanelment process the accused may … the jury. The right to peremptory challenge had existed at common law, and now by statute, for many centuries. That …
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