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Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Victoria as of 18 June 2022, include: Chief Justices of Victoria Presidents of the Court of Appeal Judges of Appeal Judges Reserve judges Position Name Appointment commenced Appointment ended Term in office Comments Notes Chief Justice William à Beckett 19 January 1852 20 February 1857 5 years, 32 days William Stawell 25 February 1857 24 ...
This includes all Chief Justices that can also be found in the subcategories. The main article for this category is Supreme Court of Victoria . For more information, see List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria .
Cameron was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria on 12 August 2014, one of a growing number of solicitors, particularly female, appointed to Australian superior courts. [7] Chief Justice of the Federal Court James Allsop attributes the growing number of appointment of female solicitors to the shortage of women barristers aged 50–55 ...
Maree Evelyn Kennedy is a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria.She was appointed to the Court of Appeal in December 2020. After graduating from the Monash Law School, she completed articles with Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks (now Allens) and was admitted to practice in 1987.
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 Richard Niall, who was appointed by Governor Margaret Gardner to succeed Anne Ferguson. Niall's term began on 3 ...
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 ...
Justice Garde retired as a Supreme Court justice on 30 March 2019, [8] and was appointed as a reserve judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria on 1 April 2019 [9] for a period of five years. Garde is the fourth general to become a Victorian judge, and the second general to become a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. [10]
Judge, lawyer Richard Michael Niall SC is an Australian jurist who has served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria since 3 February 2025. [ 1 ] He previously served as a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 28 November 2017 to 2 February 2025.