Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Honourable Richard Niall, today announced the appointment of 21 new Senior Counsel: The 2025 Silks were chosen from 94 applicants (65 men and 29 ...

The Supreme Court of Victoria will host three admission ceremonies on Tuesday 28 October 2025 to formally welcome new lawyers to the legal profession. Each applicant may be accompanied by one mover, ...

This page provides the dates for all court sittings for 2025. The Court sits throughout the year, but with minimal listings over the Christmas and New Year period. The Court travels to regional areas ...

Notice to the Profession - Commercial Court Short/Expedited Cases List was published on 22 September 2025. The Chief Justice authorised the issuing of notice to the profession establishing a ...

Justice Christopher Beale’s sentence of Erin Patterson was livestreamed and televised on Monday September 8. Following a jury trial which ran from April to July this year, Ms Patterson was found ...

A speech delivered at the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration’s Melbourne Arbitration Symposium 2025.

This Practice Note was revised on 18 May 2018 and replaces the version issued on 30 January 2017, as revised on 19 July 2017. The Practice Note, as revised, will apply to all relevant proceedings in ...

Chief Justice Ferguson said the 2023 Silks were chosen from 80 applicants (59 men and 21 women) after a thorough consultation with the Victorian Bar, the broader profession, the Legal Services ...

This Practice Note sets out the practice followed in Court of Appeal civil applications (including for leave to appeal) and appeals. This Practice Note was reissued on 14 April 2025, replacing the ...

Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth sentenced Codey Herrmann on 29 October 2019 to 36 years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 30 years, for the murder and rape of Aiia Maasarwe.

Justice Kevin Lyons, a Commercial Court judge in the Trial Division of the Supreme Court since 2018, has been appointed to the Court of Appeal effective from the 31 October. Ms Caroline Goulden has ...

The Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018 (“the Act”) comes into effect on 1 March 2019. This new stand-alone Act contains provisions relating to oaths, affirmations, affidavits and statutory declarations, ...