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Practice notes

Law Institute Journal 01 Feb 2020

Notice to practitioners – Probate Online...

Criticisms of committals process unfounded

Karin Derkley 23 Jan 2020

Abolishing committal hearings will undermine fundamental rights in the criminal justice system and exacerbate trial delays in the higher courts by making pre-trial processes significantly longer and increasing the number of cases that proceed to trial, the LIV says...

Courts Criminal Procedure

Message from the Magistrates' Court of Victoria

Family Law Section 19 Nov 2019

The Magistrates’ Court of Victoria have made the necessary technical changes to the courts' case management system to be able to reintroduce the original set of Family Violence Intervention Order conditions...

Courts

Suppression orders granted too readily in Victoria’s paternalistic system

Karin Derkley 24 Oct 2019

A paternalism that assumes juries can’t distinguish between fact and falsity underlies the system of suppression orders in Victoria, a forum heard this week...

Courts

Welcome for Judge Rosemary Carlin to County Court of Victoria

LIV Media 07 Oct 2019

LIV President-elect Sam Pandya welcomed Judge Rosemary Carlin to the County Court of Victoria...

Courts

Court dismisses Pell appeal on legal grounds

Karin Derkley 21 Aug 2019

The three Court of Appeal judges who heard Cardinal Pell’s appeal sat through more than 30 hours of recordings and went through more than 2000 pages of evidence given by witnesses during the trial...

Courts

Contempt of court: The state of the law

Anna Beesley 01 Aug 2019

It is necessary to review and reform the law of contempt of court to ensure it remains relevant in the digital age...

Courts Practice & Procedure

LIV calls for reform of contempt of court laws

Administrative Law and Human Rights Section and Criminal Law Section 08 Jul 2019

The Law Institute of Victoria has called for wide ranging reform of the laws around contempt of court, to protect fair trials while supporting free speech...

Courts Criminal Procedure Human Rights

Law Institute of Victoria responds to justice sector investment

LIV Media 28 May 2019

The Law Institute of Victoria welcomes the state government’s commitment to tackling the causes of crime in Victoria...

Access to Justice Child Welfare Courts

Suppression orders protect innocent accused

Karin Derkley 21 May 2019

Proposed changes to suppression laws are “reactive nonsense”, and accused people found innocent may be harmed if it becomes harder for courts to stop media identifying them during a trial...

Courts Sentencing