Coronavirus and the commercial lists of the Supreme and County Courts

March 20, 2020 by JW in Commercial Court, Commercial Division, County Court of Victoria, Supreme Court of Victoria, Technology

Here’s what you need to know about the County and Supreme Court commercial lists and their latest procedures for hearings during the COVID-19 outbreak.

A paperless commercial court

July 25, 2018 by JW in Court Books, Oppression proceedings, Technology, Supreme Court of Victoria, Practice Note SC GEN 19, Commercial Court

The Supreme Court's commercial court moves closer to being paperless.

Since the start of July 2018 all cases are being initiated, run and archived electronically.

Commercial Court digital paperless strategy

November 30, 2017 by JW in Civil Procedure, Civil litigation, Practice Notes, Supreme Court of Victoria, Technology

The Supreme Court's has ambitions to achieve an end-to-end paperless court and trial system. The Court is determined not to allow its 19th century building get in the way of 21st century trials. A full copy of the paper is available here.

Documentary advocacy in commercial trials: what does the judge want?

October 04, 2017 by JW in Procedure, Civil Procedure, Practice Notes, Civil litigation, Court Books, Advocacy, Technology

Here are ten tips to prepare for a commercial trial, based on a paper prepared by Justice Hargrave (principal judge of the Supreme Court’s Commercial Court) in 2017, and a previous version of the paper from 2014.

In short, good advocacy involves strategic out-of-court preparation, including considered ‘documentary advocacy’, awareness of the Civil Procedure rules, harnessing technology, and early analysis and editing of the case.