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Bendigo Court redevelopment a new model for Victorian courts

Karin Derkley 30 Oct 2020

Central Victorian practitioners have welcomed the redevelopment of the Bendigo Law Court after more than ten years of lobbying to update the original 19th century facility...

Access to Justice Courts

High Court judgments

Dr Michelle Sharpe 01 Oct 2020

Common law standard of care.

Courts Judgment

Family Law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright & Craig Nicol 01 Oct 2020

Consent orders obtained based on false information for the purpose of defeating creditors, in most circumstances, justifies an order varying or setting aside the order under s79A of the Act.

Courts Family Court Judgment Practice & Procedure Real Property Young Persons

Supreme Court judgments

Dr Michael Taylor 01 Oct 2020

Judicial review – best interests of child – denial of procedural fairness – whether decision made without power.

Courts Judgment

Practice notes

Law Institute Journal 01 Oct 2020

Law Institute of Victoria: COVID-19 Hub – www.liv.asn.au/COVID19 and Federal Court of Australia: Launch of Live Chat.

Courts COVID-19 Practice & Procedure

Victorian law reform: Call for clarity on contempt

VLRC 01 Oct 2020

A VLRC report recommends a new Contempt of Court Act be clear about when and how the courts can use the laws.

Courts

Judicial College of Victoria: Learning from upheld appeals

Matthew L Weatherson 01 Oct 2020

The Judicial College of Victoria has analysed successful criminal appeals in Victoria in 2019–20.

Courts Practice & Procedure

Human rights charter guides pandemic response: A-G

Karin Derkley 11 Sep 2020

Even in the face of the "wicked and infectious enemy" that is COVID-19, the government has continued to consider Victoria's Charter of Human Rights, Attorney-General Jill Hennessy said at the 2020 Higinbotham Lecture...

Courts COVID-19 Justice

High Court judgments

Dr Michelle Sharpe 01 Sep 2020

Assessing damages for misleading and deceptive conduct.

Courts Judgment

Family Law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright & Craig Nicol 01 Sep 2020

Agreement “came into effect” pursuant to s90UI upon separation, not when it was signed

Courts Family Court Judgment Practice & Procedure Young Persons

Supreme Court judgments

Dr Michael Taylor 01 Sep 2020

Criminal law and procedure – whether real risk of prejudice to an accused person’s right to a fair trial

Courts Judgment

Courts’ therapeutic approach continues during pandemic

Karin Derkley 20 Aug 2020

Victoria's specialist and mainstream courts have continued to provide therapeutic support programs during the pandemic, recently appointed Head of Division Specialist Courts Magistrate Pauline Spencer told the Criminal Law Conference...

Access to Justice Courts

Judge-alone trials help reduce backlog: Chief Judge Kidd

Karin Derkley 19 Aug 2020

County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd has encouraged legal practitioners to reconsider the option of judge-alone trials as efforts by the courts to bring back jury trials have been stymied by the resurgence of the coronavirus...

Courts COVID-19

Remote hearings the norm for foreseeable future: Judge Cain

Karin Derkley 18 Aug 2020

Criminal lawyers need to build their business around remote hearings for the foreseeable future, with in-person court attendance to remain the exception for some time, state coroner and coordinator of the courts’ response to the pandemic Judge John Cain told the LIV Criminal Law Conference...

Courts COVID-19

Federal Court judgments

Dan Star QC 01 Aug 2020

Judicial review of decision granting exemption from prohibition of live animal export – procedural fairness – legal unreasonableness.

Courts Judgment Practice & Procedure

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