The following candidates for the Victorian Bar Council Election are members of the Criminal Bar Association: Category A: Gavin Silbert KC Peter A Chadwick KC Dr Suzanne (Sue) B McNicol AM KC Paul Hayes KC Colin Mandy SC Category B: Ashlee Cannon Catherine A Boston Daniel D Nguyen Christopher K Wareham Category C: Ffyona Livingstone ...

The Annual General Meeting of the Criminal Bar Association will be held at 5.00pm on Thursday, 24 November 2022. The location will be confirmed shortly. Please find attached the AGM Notice. Positions to be determined by election at the AGM are: Chair; Vice Chair; Treasurer; Secretary; and Four ordinary Committee members. Nominations must be in ...

Applications for judge alone trials can only be made pursuant to Chapter 9 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic) while a pandemic declaration is in force. The current pandemic declaration is due to expire at 11.59pm on 12 October 2022. Members are therefore reminded that any applications for judge alone trials must be made ...

The Law Council of Australia via VicBar are seeking input for a submission to the above Senate Inquiry. The LCA memorandum is available here. If any member wishes to contribute by way of comments/insights to the joint VicBar submission, please send comments etc to policy@vicbar.com.au.  Input is requested by COB, Thursday, 13 October 2022. For any further information please ...

Corrections Victoria has published the attached information relating to in-person prison visits.

Forensicare is still accepting referrals to the next round of the CEM-COPE Program, which has been delayed until late September. A Program Referral Information Sheet is attached. A Participant Flyer is attached.

Corrections Victoria has provided the following information: … effective Friday 9, September: prisoners will only be considered close contacts where they share a cell or cottage with a COVID positive prisoner during their infectious period previously we defined close contacts based on their accommodation unit or level of interactions across the site prisoners who are identified as close ...

The final Criminal Bar Association trial series CPD for the year will look at closing addresses in criminal jury trials, offering the insights of three highly experienced members of the criminal bar. The CPD will commence at 5.15pm on Monday, 12 September 2022. Members can register to attend here: https://vicbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nX9ZBPPpQh-jZaeKAgX0wQ.