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On 20 January 1914, the new City Court was opened at Russell Street in Melbourne and Phillip Blashki JP was the first Chairman of the City Court Bench. The then Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin , presented Blashki with an illuminated address signed by 30 of the court's solicitors when he retired, aged 70.
The Melbourne Magistrates' Court is the largest venue at which the Magistrates' Court of Victoria sits. It is a court in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that deals with, and dispenses of, a range of criminal and civil matters, including criminal prosecutions, money claims and disputes up to $100,000, and family violence and family law proceedings.
The Melbourne Custody Centre is the main reception facility in Melbourne, Australia for people who have been arrested by police. The centre is located underneath the Melbourne Magistrates' Court and, utilised during the day to hold prisoners who will be attending hearings at the Magistrates, County or Supreme Courts .
[6] [13] In September 2024, Smit was awarded $4,000 by the County Court of Victoria after it ruled that she had been falsely imprisoned on two occasions during a protest on 31 October 2020. [ 6 ] [ 13 ] However, Smit's decision to reject the pre-trial settlement offer led to the court ordering her to pay about $250,000 for Victoria Police's ...
The Former Melbourne Magistrates' Court became part of the neighbouring City campus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1997, and is officially known as RMIT Building 20 (Former Melbourne Magistrates' Court). [1] RMIT also acquired the Former City Watch-house, located next to the Court, and together they form Building 20.
The Melbourne Magistrates' Court, the principal venue of the Magistrates' Court of Victoria. A magistrates' court is a lower court where, in several jurisdictions, all criminal proceedings start. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings.
The Melbourne Magistrates' Court.In Victoria, Australia, all committal procedures take place in the Magistrates' Court. In law, a committal procedure is the process by which a defendant is charged with a serious offence under the criminal justice systems of all common law jurisdictions except the United States.
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