News

We're excited to announce the latest update in Scholarship for the Legal Community: a selection of curated summaries of recently published academic writing from local and international journals.

The College welcomes and congratulates David Bennett, Belinda Bales and Rosalind Avis on their appointments as Judicial Registrars of the County Court of Victoria.

The College warmly congratulates Deirdre Roisin McCann and Elizabeth Jane Tueno on their appointments as Judicial Registrars of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

The College welcomes and congratulates Cecily Hollingworth, Rohan Lawrence, Cynthia Lynch, Jason Ong and Matthew White on their appointments to the Magistrates' Court of Victoria.

Find out about our recent webinar on cryptocurrencies and view our resource developed to assist judicial officers when hearing matters involving cryptocurrencies.

The Sentencing Advisory Council has released a new report that reviews the relevance of age to sentencing and investigates the prevalence of sentenced older offenders in the state.

We’re pleased to launch our Key Principles guides designed to assist judicial officers better understand the operation, and application, of key Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) provisions.

Update from Chief Justice Anne Ferguson, on behalf of the Victorian courts and VCAT – 9 September, 2021.

A new report examines the lived experiences of Aboriginal children and young people in Victoria and the factors contributing to their over-representation in the youth justice system.

We’re excited to launch Scholarship for the Legal Community – our curated selection of research summaries of recently published academic writing from local and international journals.

The Serious Injury Manual has been updated in response to VWA v Brassington [2021] VSCA 236, which reconsidered how injuries to several body parts in a single incident are assessed for the purpose of the ‘serious injury’ test.

Supreme Court Justice Chris Beale has recently updated his Pocket Evidence Law resource, with a rewrite of s 137 on the exclusion of evidence where its potential for unfair prejudice exceeds its probative value.