The Chief Justice visited Bendigo last week to meet local legal practitioners with the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) and Victorian Legal Services Commissioner Fiona McLeay.

This Practice Note (the Third revision) was issued on 29 November 2024 commences on 1 January 2025. It replaces the previous version (the Second revision) which commenced on 1 October 2018.

Victoria’s leading legal graduates for 2024 have been honoured with Supreme Court Prize and Exhibition Prize awards.

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.

Justice Richards has more than 30 years of experience in the law. She became a solicitor in 1993, and joined the Victorian Bar in 1996. Prior to her Honour’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 2018, ...

The Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria, Peter Kidd, has been appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeal, effective 28 April 2025.

“My job as Chief Justice is to foster an environment of excellence, both in this Court and through my work on Courts Council across the courts of the state,” Chief Justice Niall said.

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 ...

The Attorney-General, Jaclyn Symes, today announced that Justice Richard Niall will be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, following the retirement of Chief Justice Anne Ferguson ...

1.1 The Chief Justice has authorised the issue of the following Practice Note. 1.2 The purpose of this Practice Note is to set out the Court’s practice in relation to requests for access to recordings ...

Summary of judgment in the matter of Andrianakis v Uber Technologies Inc and Others[2024] VSC 733 delivered on 2 December 2024.

A recent circuit to Geelong saw three judges of the Court of Appeal hear matters, talk to students and present a legal lecture.