ES v Trustees of the Marist Brothers (County Court Victoria 3 July 2026; Not available online).
A written decision was not provided for this matter, with the Judicial Registrar indicating that the transcript would stand as the reasons of the
Civil Liability: “Forced adoption”.
Lamont v The Royal Women’s Hospital (No 3) [2026] VSC 490 (Link to JADE).
The plaintiff brought a claim in negligence against each of the defendants: the first defendant as the operator of the Royal Women’s Hospital (the ‘Hospital’);
Academic conference on Jurisprudence and Theology, 2027- call for papers
On behalf of the organisers, I am happy to post (for academic, and academically inclined, readers!) a call for papers for a symposium to be held in Melbourne in February 2027.
Call for Papers
Seventh Annual Symposium on Jurisprudence and
Civil liability: New practice note – Supreme Court of Victoria.
Link to VSC – Practice Note SC CL 3 – Personal injuries litigation: Effective 1 July 2026 (Link to Court webpage)
The purpose of this Practice Note is to provide guidance on the procedures to be followed in the
Nikolaou v State Trustees Limited [2026] VSCA 153 : Presumption of Revocation and Use of AI in Probate Proceedings
If an original Will cannot be found after death, the law presumes the Will maker destroyed the Will with the intention of revoking it. This presumption may be rebutted where evidence supports the admission of a copy to probate.
Courts
Dianne Otto
Many have written about the exquisite brilliance of Dianne Otto and her work. In the opening of Melbourne Journal of International Law’s collection of writings to honour Otto, Hilary Charlesworth declared that
“Di’s scholarly style include[s] a mastery of
B.C. Ponzi Scheme Operator Arrested in Georgia After $300M Investor Collapse
Greg Martel, the Victoria, B.C. mortgage broker behind a Ponzi scheme that brought in more than $300 million from investors, has been arrested in the country of Georgia. Martel has not been criminally charged, but he is the subject of
Coronial: Self reporting of mental health for firearms licences.
Finding into death without inquest – AT (Link to Coroners Court Victoria).
AT died in 2024 from a self inflicted gunshot wound, using one of a number of firearms registered to him.
The available evidence suggested that AT was
Paramedics and drugs – SA and Victoria – a question for my readers.
NOTE- in the first version of this I did not make it clear that I intended to ask about the South Australian Ambulance Service and Ambulance Victoria rather than paramedics working in other areas. I’ve amended the post, below, to
Posthumous Conception in Victoria: Retrieval, Consent, and the Law
Posthumous conception cases in Victoria sit at the intersection of grief, medicine, and strict statutory rules. They are deeply personal matters, but they are also highly technical. Timing matters. Consent matters. Process matters. And one of the hardest truths for