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 ...

Summary of judgment in the matters of DPP v Raux; DPP v Talanoa [2025] VSCA 258 delivered on 27 October 2025.

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, ...

The Court will host a retrospective welcome ceremony for Justice Delany on Friday, 4 March 2022 at 9.15am. Attendance at the ceremony is by invitation only and will take place in the Banco Court. A ...

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.

The Chief Justice has authorised the issue of the following notice in relation to the Scale of Costs. 1. In December 2022, the Supreme Court of Victoria and the County Court of Victoria published a ...

The Governor in Council has appointed Adrian John Finanzio SC as a judge of the Supreme Court. Adrian John Finanzio SC has been appointed as a judge in the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court, ...

The Court encourages the active participation of junior counsel in cases where two or more counsel are briefed for a party. The Court recognizes that junior counsel will typically have made a ...

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 ...