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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 .
The chief justice of Victoria is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Victoria.The chief justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the administrative head.
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 ...
Stephen William Kaye (born 1951) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He was appointed to the bench on 16 December 2003, [1] serving as a judge of the Trial Division until his appointment the Court of Appeal in 2015. On 1 February 2022, the Attorney General of the Victorian Government announced the end of his term from the Court of ...
Ferguson concurred with the Court of Appeal 2–1 majority rejecting the appeal, which was subsequently overruled by the High Court. [8] [9] On 5 September 2024, it was announced that Ferguson would retire as Chief Justice of Victoria and as a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria with effect from 2 February 2025. [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 5 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 4 February 2025.
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.