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The Chief Justice has authorised the issue of the following notice in relation to the Scale of Costs. 1. In December 2022, the Supreme Court of Victoria and the County Court of Victoria published a ...
This Practice Note was revised on 18 May 2018 and replaces the version issued on 30 January 2017, as revised on 19 July 2017. The Practice Note, as revised, will apply to all relevant proceedings in ...
Seven new courtrooms have opened at the William Cooper Justice Centre, providing additional facilities for a range of hearings. The Supreme Court will be able to expand the types of hearings it ...
The Court will host two admission ceremonies on Tuesday 24 June to admit new lawyers to practise and welcome them to the legal profession. Each applicant being admitted may have one mover and up to ...
The new RedCrest-Search enhances your ability to conduct litigation searches, giving you the option to perform a search on partial or exact matches, specify a date range, and search up to 30 names on ...
Judicial Registrar Roberts was sworn in as a Judicial Registrar for the Court of Appeal on 11 June 2025. He previously served as Deputy Registrar of the Court of Appeal.. Before joining the Supreme ...
The Honourable Justice Amanda Chambers has also been appointed Chief Judge of the County Court. On Tuesday 27 May 2025 Justice Chambers was appointed to both the Supreme Court, and as Chief Judge of ...
The Honourable Justice Melinda Richards was appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal on 13 May 2025. Justice Richards was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria in April 2018. Her Honour ...
This Practice Note sets out the practice followed in Court of Appeal civil applications (including for leave to appeal) and appeals. This Practice Note was reissued on 14 April 2025, replacing the ...
Adrian John Finanzio SC has been appointed as a judge in the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court, effective 25 February 2025. Justice Finanzio first signed the Bar Roll in 1998 and was appointed ...
Chief Justice Richard Niall has spoken of his optimism and ambition for the Court. Chief Justice Richard Niall was today welcomed as the Supreme Court of Victoria's thirteenth Chief Justice. The ...
The new Supreme Court Registry will launch on 3 February. The new registry structure combines the Court’s five separate divisional registries – Principal Registry, Court of Appeal Registry, Criminal ...