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Most states have now codified the rules of civil procedure as delegated legislation, sometimes known as Uniform Civil Procedure Rules.The Chief Justice of the relevant Supreme Court is generally the chair of a rules committee with the power to amend the rules. [4]
The following is a list of courts and tribunals in Victoria: Supreme Court of Victoria. Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria; Commercial Court; Common Law Division of the Supreme Court of Victoria; Criminal Law Division of the Supreme Court of Victoria; County Court of Victoria; Magistrates' Court of Victoria
The Trial Division sits with one judge, and usually acts as a court of original jurisdiction for serious criminal matters such as murder, attempted murder, corporate offences and certain conspiracy charges, and civil matters which are considered to involve greater complexity or amounts of money more than would be appropriate to have determined in the Magistrates' Court (whose civil ...
When looking at the sheer number of cases, VCAT deals with the overwhelming majority of legal proceedings in Victoria. [4] The VCAT President (currently Edward Woodward), is a Supreme Court Judge, and County Court Judges serve as vice presidents. Applications are heard and determined by deputy presidents (appointed full-time), as well as senior ...
Most countries make a clear distinction between civil and criminal procedure. For example, a criminal court may force a convicted defendant to pay a fine as punishment for their crime, and the legal costs of both the prosecution and defence. But the victim of the crime generally pursues their claim for compensation in a civil, not a criminal ...
The Commercial Court is a sub-division of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Victoria, the highest court of the State of Victoria. The Supreme Court has unlimited jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters. The Commercial Court comprises a group of specialist judges who are available to deal promptly and efficiently with commercial ...
The chief justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the administrative head. They are responsible for arranging the business of the court and establishing its rules and procedures. The current chief justice is Anne Ferguson, who was appointed by Governor Linda Dessau to succeed Marilyn Warren. Ferguson's term began on 2 ...
A Digest of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Victoria, from AD 1846 to AD 1871. Charles F Maxwell. 1871. George Wilson Waterhouse, Francis William Edmondson. A Digest of Reported Cases in the Supreme Court, Court of Insolvency, and the Courts of Mines and Vice-Admiralty of the Colony of Victoria, from 1861 to 1885. C F Maxwell. 1886.