The Court of Appeal has made history while on circuit in Bendigo. President of the Court of Appeal Justice Karin Emerton, Justice Maree Kennedy and Justice Rowena Orr sat in Bendigo this week – the ...

The Honourable Justice Melinda Richards was appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal on 13 May 2025. Justice Richards was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria in April 2018. Her Honour ...

Practice Note SC CR 3 will be reissued on 1 June 2025. The Chief Justice has authorised an amended version of the Practice Note on expert evidence in criminal trials. The Practice Note should be read ...

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. Justice Kidd was appointed Chief Judge of the County Court ...

A welcome ceremony for the Honourable Justice Adrian John Finanzio will be held on 17 March 2025 at 9:15 am. Justice Finanzio was appointed as a judge in the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court, ...

Chief Justice Richard Niall has spoken of his optimism and ambition for the Court. Chief Justice Richard Niall was today welcomed as the Supreme Court of Victoria's thirteenth Chief Justice. The ...

The new registry structure combines the Court’s five separate divisional registries – Principal Registry, Court of Appeal Registry, Criminal Registry, Common Law Team, and Commercial Court Registry – ...

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 ...

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.