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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 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
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.
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 ...
He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria in the Trials Division [1] on 14 September 2014. [3]During his tenure as judge, he presided over some complex class actions, including by victims of the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009, [2] [4] another which challenged legal fees charged by lawyers, and the Rebel Wilson defamation case against Bauer Media in 2018.
The Federal Court [13] and the supreme courts of each State and Territory are generally considered to be superior courts. The Supreme Court of Victoria includes a specialist list in the Common Law Division known as the Commercial Court. [14] The Supreme Court of Queensland has a similarly specialized docket known as the Commercial List. [15]
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 ...