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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 ...
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Sep 2022
The County Court will be closed on 22 September 2022. The Magistrates’ Court has provided the following information: Thursday 22 September 2022 has been declared a public holiday for the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Court is currently working to adjourn all matters currently listed on that date. Contact ...
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Sep 2022
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.
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Sep 2022
The County Court has provided the following update in relation to its Vaccination and PPE Protocol: Legal practitioners and other court users are advised that the County Court’s Vaccination and PPE Protocol will cease from Monday 12 September 2022. From that date, court users will not be required to demonstrate their vaccination status prior to entering the ...
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Sep 2022
The Honourable Justice Hollingworth, Principal Judge of the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division, has provided the attached update on criminal jury trials and other listings.
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Sep 2022
The County Court is currently experiencing technical issues with its eLodgement system which requires its Criminal Registry staff to manually seal any urgent documents such as subpoenas and bail applications. If a practitioner requires the sealing of any urgent documents, they can contact the Criminal Registry at ccvcriminal.registry@courts.vic.gov.au to request same.
The link below provides details of an exciting opportunity to work in the Public Solicitor’s Office in Solomon Islands. The role would suit a motivated general practitioner (with a particular focus on crime and family law) who is keen to experience living and working in a developing country and has a passion for working with ...
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) is undertaking an evaluation of the trial use of the digitally recorded evidence in chief (DREC) statements by family violence victim survivors using police body-worn cameras. The evaluation of the trial is being conducted to review whether the use of DREC is meeting its objectives, how effective ...
Liberty Victoria’s Voltaire Human Rights Awards dinner is back, live and in person at the Sofitel Melbourne on 18 November 2022 at 7.00pm. One award recipient has been announced, Mehdi Ali. You can read about Mehdi’s tireless campaigning for the human rights of refugees and people seeking asylum here: https://libertyvictoria.org.au/content/liberty-victoria-awards-2022-voltaire-empty-chair-award-mehdi-ali. The other winners of the Voltaire Awards will be ...
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Aug 2022
The CEM-COPE Program is a psychoeducation and skills-based program for individuals with a known history of child exploitation material offences (and no history of direct contact offences). An information sheet about the Program is attached. After a COVID-facilitated hiatus of two years, the CEM-COPE Program is back up and running through the Problem Behaviour Program, ...