Last Friday, the Victorian Bar Foundation Student Achievement Award winners for 2022 were announced alongside our partners Hume City Council. The Patron of the Foundation, the Honourable Justice Gordon AC congratulated the students and spoke of the opportunities available in the law to young people of all backgrounds who study hard, Darryl Burnett represented Bar Council on the evening. It was a happy occasion with many proud family members in attendance to enjoy the success of the students.
A welcome sitting to mark the appointment of Her Honour Magistrate Robyn Hamilton and His Honour Magistrate Mark Sabljak will be held in Courtroom 1, Magistrates’ Court of Victoria on:
The Victorian Bar Foundation and Hume City Council announce the winners of unique legal awards.
Sixteen of Hume City’s brightest young students have been recognised by the Victorian Bar for academic excellence in legal studies.
The award winners are from a variety of Hume City secondary schools and each receives $1,000 from the Victorian Bar Foundation and $500 from the Hume City Council.
On behalf of members, I extend my congratulations and best wishes to the Hon. Justice Karin Emerton on her appointment as President of the Court of Appeal, effective as of 16 July 2022. Justice Emerton has been a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria since 2009, initially in the trial division and since 2018 in the appellate division.
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The Victorian Government has appointed Justice Karin Emerton as the new President of the Court of Appeal – the first female President in the Court’s history.
Last night I chaired the Special General Meeting of the Bar. The only item of business was the proposed amendment to the Bar’s Constitution to ensure certain numbers of silks and non-silks in Category A. The SGM was well attended, and 382 members had submitted proxies. Darryl Burnett proposed the motion and spoke in favour of it. No one spoke against the resolution. In order to pass the resolution, a vote of 75% of those who voted (whether in person or by proxy) was required. 286 members voted in favour of the resolution; 120 members voted against the resolution. The percentage for the motion was 70.44% of members who voted. Accordingly, the resolution was not carried, and there will be no amendment to the Bar’s Constitution.
A ceremonial sitting of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia will be held to welcome the Honourable Justice Timothy McEvoy as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia in Court 1, Level 8, Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 305 William Street, Melbourne on:
