Related Research Articles
The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to the bar". "The bar" is now used as a collective noun for barristers,but literally referred to the wooden barrier in old courtrooms,which separated the often crowded public area at the rear from the space near the judges reserved for those having business with the court. Barristers would sit or stand immediately behind it,facing the judge,and could use it as a table for their briefs.
The Victorian Bar is the bar association for the Australian State of Victoria. The current President of the Bar is Roisin Annesley KC. Its members are barristers registered to practice in Victoria. On 30 June 2020 there were 2,179 counsel practising as members of the Victorian Bar. Those who have been admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Victoria,are eligible to join the Victorian Bar after sitting an entrance exam and completing a Bar readers' course. The Victorian Bar is affiliated with the Australian Bar Association and is a member of the Law Council of Australia.
George Briscoe Kerferd,Australian colonial politician,was the 10th Premier of Victoria.
Marilyn Louise Warren is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria,Australia.
Monash University Faculty of Law,or Monash Law School,is the law school of Monash University. Founded in 1963,it is based in Melbourne,Victoria and has campuses in Malaysia and Italy. It is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Australia and globally,and entry to its Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme is highly competitive.
Lex Lasry is an Australian lawyer and a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 2007 to 2018.
Alex Chernov,is an Australian lawyer,judge and barrister who served as the 28th Governor of Victoria,from 2011 to 2015. Chernov also served as Vice-President of the Australian Bar Association,from 1986 to 1987,President of the Law Council of Australia,from 1990 to 1991,and the 20th Chancellor of Melbourne University,from 2009 to 2011.
John David Phillips KC is an Australian lawyer and judge who served on the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1990 to 2004.
Emilios Kyrou is a judge of the Court of Appeal,Supreme Court of Victoria,in the Australian state of Victoria. Justice Kyrou was previously a justice in the Trial Division.
Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann KCMG was the chief justice of the Australian state of Victoria between 1 October 1935 and 31 January 1944. He was also Victoria’s lieutenant governor between 12 May 1936 and May 1945. Mann was nicknamed the “Little Gentleman”because of his height and he was unfailingly courteous. He had a reputation of being a careful judge delivering decisions of precision and clarity. In 1935,he became the first Australian born person to become chief justice of Victoria.
Mark Samuel Weinberg is a former judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria from July 2008 to May 2018. He is a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia who served from July 1998 to July 2008.
Neil John Young is a Melbourne barrister,King's Counsel,and former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. He served on the Federal Court from 30 November 2005 to 24 January 2007.
John Digby is an Australian lawyer and a judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria,in the Australian state of Victoria.
Geoffrey Arthur Akeroyd Nettle is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia,the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy,who served from 3 February 2015 to 30 November 2020. Prior to his appointment to the High Court,he served as a judge at the Court of Appeal,Supreme Court of Victoria,where he presided from June 2004 to 2015.
Major General Gregory Howard "Greg" Garde,is a senior Australian lawyer and Army officer. His positions and appointments have included Queen's Counsel,Supreme Court Justice,President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal,and membership of various boards of directors.
Geoffrey Michael Eames is an Australian jurist,who was a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He served on the Trials court from 1992 to 2002,and then on the Court of Appeal until 2007. He subsequently served as an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory,and as Chief Justice of Nauru.
Julie Anne Dodds-Streeton is a Reserve Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. She was formerly a judge of the Federal Court of Australia,having served for four years from February 2010. Prior to that,she was a Justice of Appeal in the Supreme Court of Victoria,having previously been a Judge of the Trial Division of that Court from 2002.
Philip Mandie KC,was a judge on the Supreme Court of Victoria from May 1994 to August 2012. He was Judge in charge of the Commercial List (1995–2001),Corporations List and Victorian Taxation Appeals List (2007–2009);Chair of the Supreme Court Library Investment Committee (2002–2012),sometime member of the Supreme Court Executive Committee,Library Committee and Chair of the Supreme Court IT Committee.
Christopher Jessup is an Australian lawyer who serves as Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. Between 2006 and 2017,he was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia.
References
- 1 2 "Welcome to the Honourable Justice Kevin Lyons as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria" (PDF). Victorian Bar. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ↑ "Commercial barrister Vic's latest Supreme Court judge". Lawyers Weekly. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ↑ "New silks on the block". Lawyers Weekly. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ↑ "Appointment - Kevin Lyons QC". Victorian Bar. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.