Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

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

Family Law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright & Craig Nicol 01 Aug 2020

Isolating particular contributions overlooked “myriad of contributions” by parties in long relationship

Courts Family Court Judgment Practice & Procedure Real Property Young Persons

Supreme Court judgments

Dr Michael Taylor 01 Aug 2020

Costs – Whether incorporated legal practice entitled to costs order after acting for itself in proceeding

Courts Judgment

Conference brings criminal lawyers together in time of isolation

Karin Derkley 31 Jul 2020

Criminal lawyers will hear from heads of jurisdictions about how the courts have been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they may be impacted by future plans at the Criminal Law Conference to be held online next Friday 7 August...

Courts COVID-19

Opinion: The tech genie is out

Fabian Horton 01 Jul 2020

The courts and legal profession have much to gain from experiencing the benefits of technology during the COVID-19 crisis.

Courts COVID-19 Opinions Technology

Family Law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright & Craig Nicol 01 Jul 2020

Contravention – COVID-19 – reasonable excuse – variation of primary order

Courts Family Court Judgment Practice & Procedure Real Property Young Persons

Supreme Court judgments

Dr Michael Taylor 01 Jul 2020

Election to renew application for leave to appeal against sentence determined by the Court of Appeal pursuant to s315 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009.

Courts Judgment Sentencing

Practice notes

Law Institute Journal 01 Jul 2020

Law Institute of Victoria: COVID-19 Hub – www.liv.asn.au/COVID19, Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia: DX mail service and Supreme Court of Victoria: Redcrest – Probate Office.

Courts COVID-19 Practice & Procedure

Koori Courts help reduce Indigenous incarceration: ICJV

Karin Derkley 18 Jun 2020

Victoria's ground-breaking Koori Courts have been held up by the International Commission of Jurists Victoria (ICJV) as the model other Australian states and territories should adopt to address "unacceptably high" Indigenous incarceration...

Courts Criminal Procedure Discrimination