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Currently. Peter Kidd. Since. 8 September 2015. The County Court of Victoria is the intermediate court in the Australian state of Victoria. It is equivalent to district courts in the other states. The County Court is the principal trial court in the state, having a broad criminal and civil jurisdiction. The court hears indictable offences (with ...
Currently. Ms Felicity Broughton and. Ms Susan Wakeling. The Magistrates' Court of Victoria is the lowest court in the Australian state of Victoria. The court possesses original jurisdiction over summary offences and indictable offences heard summarily, as well as civil claims up to $100,000. It is also able to hear various pre-trial criminal ...
Murder of Jill Meagher. Gillian Meagher (née McKeon) / ˈmɑːr / was a 29-year-old Irish woman living in Australia who was raped and murdered while walking home from a pub in Brunswick, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, in the early hours of 22 September 2012. Meagher's case was initially classified as that of a missing person, as she ...
Since. 2 October 2017. The Supreme Court of Victoria is the highest court in the Australian state of Victoria. Founded in 1852, it is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited and inherent jurisdiction within the state. The Supreme Court comprises two divisions: the Trial Division, which oversees its original jurisdiction, and ...
A Koori Court is a separate division of the Magistrates', County and Children's Courts of Victoria, Australia. The Koori Court (Magistrates), Children's Koori Court, and County Koori Court hear selected cases, where Indigenous Australians have identified as such and requested the case be transferred to it. The first Koori Court was established ...
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 ...
Australia. State (s) Victoria. Killed. 1. Date apprehended. 29 January 2009. Arthur Phillip Freeman (born 1972) is an Australian man charged, tried and convicted of murdering his daughter, Darcey Iris Freeman, aged 4, on 29 January 2009 by deliberately throwing her off the side of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, Victoria. [2]
The court is constituted under section 504 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic). The court consists of a president, magistrates, and registrars of the court. [4] A court sits with a single judicial officer, either the president or a magistrate. In some cases, a registrar may be entitled to sit as the court for certain procedural ...