The Magistrates' Court of Victoria has announced it will be overhauling its website. It says, The redevelopment aims to improve the usability of the site, add features such as RSS feeds, and ultimately improve the on-line service that the Court provides. The new version should be running by Friday.A couple of new Practice Directions are …
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Magistrates' Court website changes
The Magistrates' Court of Victoria has announced it will be overhauling its website. It says, The redevelopment aims to improve the usability of the site, add features such as RSS feeds, and ultimately improve the on-line service that the Court provides. The new version should be running by Friday.A couple of new Practice Directions are …
Chief Magistrate calls for review of police prosecutors
The Age reported two days ago that Chief Magistrate Ian Gray suggested reviewing police acting as prosecutors in the Magistrates' Court (and presumably also the Children's Court). Assuming he was quoted accurately, what the Chief Magistrate said was genuine independence from investigating police was a problem, and also that police aren't trained or resource adequately …
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Security or security blanket?
Every day at metropolitan court houses in Victoria we see the unedifying sight of police and lawyers being searched before they're permitted inside. (This doesn't occur at some country venues simply because there aren't any security guards employed for this at all venues.)The basis for this is s 3(3) of the Court Security Act 1980, …
Audio and visual standards for material presented in court
Chief Magistrates' Direction 3 of 2011 addresses the use of courtroom technology. It takes effect today.The direction contains a list of media formats that the Magistrates' Court is capable of supporting. If it is not possible for material to be presented in one of those formats, the onus is on the party presenting the evidence …
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