Old High Court: No change. Entrance opening hours of 9am to 5pm will continue. The Supreme Court Library is closed until 9am Monday 19 January 2026. Library assistance is available online 9am – 5pm ...

It is mandatory to enter a last name or part of a last name to search the application index. You can also enter either the year of death or the date of death to narrow your results (do not enter both) ...

Justice Kevin Lyons, a Commercial Court judge in the Trial Division of the Supreme Court since 2018, has been appointed to the Court of Appeal effective from the 31 October. Ms Caroline Goulden has ...

A speech delivered at the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration’s Melbourne Arbitration Symposium 2025.

The Governor in Council has appointed Adrian John Finanzio SC as a judge of the Supreme Court. Adrian John Finanzio SC has been appointed as a judge in the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court, ...

Justice Christopher Beale’s sentence of Erin Patterson was livestreamed and televised on Monday September 8. Following a jury trial which ran from April to July this year, Ms Patterson was found ...

Chief Justice Ferguson said the 2024 Silks were chosen from 90 applicants (64 men and 26 women) after a thorough consultation with the Victorian Bar, the broader profession, the Legal Services ...

1.1 The Chief Justice has authorised the issue of the following Practice Note. 1.2 The purpose of this Practice Note is to describe the procedures to be followed in the Judicial Review and Appeals ...

The 2025 Silks were chosen from 94 applicants (65 men and 29 women) after a thorough consultation with the Victorian Bar, the Legal Services Commissioner, the judiciary and the broader profession.

The Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018 (“the Act”) comes into effect on 1 March 2019. This new stand-alone Act contains provisions relating to oaths, affirmations, affidavits and statutory declarations, ...

Deirdre McCann and Elizabeth Tueno have been appointed judicial registrars of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Judicial Registrar Deirdre McCann has joined the Court of Appeal to manage matters arising ...