Criminal Law

Daily Lists

A daily list of the cases to be heard in these State Courts. The list is updated late in the day if you wish to check the list for the following day.

• Supreme Court Daily List
• County Court Melbourne Criminal Daily List
• Search Magistrates Court Lists
• Magistrates Courts List Menu

Reference Sources

• Victorian Criminal Proceedings Manual
• Criminal Procedure Act 2009 - Legislative Guide by Chapter
• Summary Crime blog about law, legal developments and summary prosecutions in Victoria
• Notes on Criminal Law and Process - Don Just
• Australian Parliamentary Library Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention
• Law Handbook - Criminal & Traffic Offences
• Comlaw
• Criminal Law Survival KitNSW
• Hansard Vic
• Law and Justice Foundation
• Court of Appeal Criminal Appeal Results
• The Aboriginal Benchbook for Western Australian Courts

Judicial College of Victoria (publications)

• Decision-Making Flowchart for Bail Applictions
• Victorian Criminal Proceedings Manual
• Search Warrants Manual
• Sexual Assault Manual (note Currency Warning on front page)
• Victorian Sentencing Manual (note Revision Alert on front page)
• Victorian Criminal Charge Book
• Family Violence Bench Book
• Family Violence and Stalking Resources

Law Calendar Contacts

Law Calendar Contacts

• Children's Court
• County Court Contacts and Sittings
• Coroners Court
• Dispute Settlement Centre
• Infringement Court
• Legal Aid
• Magistrates' Court
• Neighbourhood Justice Centre
• Office of Public Prosecutions
• Victoria Police Prosecutions Division
• Service Organisations
• Supreme Court
• Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Understanding Your Clients

• A Practical Guide for Solicitors - When a Client's Capacity is in Doubt (Law Society of NSW)
• Client Capacity Guidelines - SA
• Understanding Your Clients and Mental Illness (Law Society of NSW)
• Understanding Your Clients and Intellectual Disability (Law Society of NSW)
• Mental Health Links for Lawyers in NSW

OPP

Office of Public Prosecutions Vic

www.opp.vic.gov.au

565 Lonsdale St
Melbourne Vic 3000

DX 210290

Phone:(03) 9603 7666
Fax: (03) 9603 7430
Email Office: enquiries@opp.vic.gov.au
Email Director: director@opp.vic.gov.au
Briefing Enquiries: opp.briefings@opp.vic.gov.au

Corrections Victoria

Corrections Victoria

22/121 Exhibition St Melbourne

GPO Box 123
Melbourne Vic 3001

Phone: (03) 8684 6600
Fax: (03) 8684 6611
Email: corrections@justice.vic.gov.au

Prisons

• Ararat Prison
• Barwon Prison
• Beechworth Correctional Centre
• Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
• Dhurringile Prison
• Fulham Correctional Centre
• Judy Lazarus Transition Centre
• Langi Kal Kal Prison
• Loddon Prison
• Marngoneet Correctional Centre
• Melbourne Assessment Prison
• Metropolitan Remand Centre
• Port Phillip Prison
• Tarrengower Prison

Sheriff's Operations

Contact Details

Ground level, 277 William St Melbourne 3000
GPO Box 2041 Melbourne Vic 3001
DX 210545
Tel: 03 9200 8222 (Criminal)

Commonwealth DPP

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

www.cdpp.gov.au

Level 15, 460 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne Vic 3000

GPO Box 21A,
Melbourne Vic 3001

Phone: (03) 9605 4333
Fax: (03) 9670 4295
Email: melbourne@cdpp.gov.au

Victoria Legal Aid

www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/

Legal Aid for Lawyers

350 Queen St
Melbourne Vic 3000

GPO Box 4380
Melbourne Vic 3001

Phone: (03) 9269 0234

• Directory of Legal Aid Offices
• VLA Handbook for lawyers

Other Offices

Victims of Crime Website  

1/136 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

GPO Box 4349QQ, Melbourne 3001

Phone: (03) 8662 1700
Fax: (03) 8662 1777

Victims of Crime

Helpline: 1800 819 817

Office hours : 8.30am - 5.00pm Monday to Friday except public holidays
Available to all prosecution witnesses and victims of crime involved in cases handled by the Office of Public Prosecutions.

565 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Vic 3000

Phone: (03) 9603 7523 or (03) 9603 7422 or (03) 9603 7811
Free call 1800 641927 (for country callers)
Fax: (03) 9603 7404

• Victoria Police Crime Statistics
• Dept of Justice statistics
  
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  Courts
  Sentencing
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• Australian Crime Commission
• Australian Institute of Criminology
• Australian Law Reform Commission

Legislation Finder (AustLII)

Criminal Law Act Finder

Criminal Law Regulation Finder

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Victorian Police

www.police.vic.gov.au

Emergency 000
General Enquiries: 9247 6666

Victoria Police Centre
637 Flinders Street
Melbourne Vic 3005

Metropolitan Prosecutions Units

Broadmeadows
Phone 9302 8263
Fax 9302 8264
DX 211271

Dandenong
Phone 9767 7460
Fax 9767 7450
DX 211580

Frankston
Phone 9784 5611
Fax 9770 5997
DX 211790

Geelong
Phone 5225 3252
Fax 5221 5020
DX 216055

Heidelberg
Phone 9450 8160
Fax 9450 8170
DX 211913

Liquor Licensing Unit
Phone 8684 0676
Fax 8684 0690
DX 210746

Melbourne
Phone 8628 3200
Fax 9670 5473
DX 210300

Moorabbin
Phone 9090 5898
Fax 90905899
DX 212138

Neighbourhood Justice Centre
Phone 9948 8716
Fax 9948 8719
DX 211512

Ringwood
Phone 9871 2777
Fax 9871 2755
DX 212462

State Coroner's Assistants' Unit
Phone 9684 4382
Fax 9684 4409
DX 212560

Sunshine
Phone 9313 3334
Fax 9313 3337
DX 212687

Country Prosecutions Units

Bairnsdale
Phone 5150 2620
Fax 5150 2623
DX 214193

Ballarat
Phone 5336 6122
Fax 5336 6125
DX 214260

Bendigo
Phone 5448 1490
Fax 5448 1491
DX 214505

Horsham
Phone 5382 9226
Fax 5381 0655
DX 216517

Mildura
Phone 5018 5420
Fax 5018 5483
DX 217500

Morwell
Phone 5131 5035
Fax 5131 5033
DX 217737

Sale
Phone 5143 5016
Fax 5144 7753
DX 218582

Seymour
Phone 5735 0256
Fax 5735 0266
DX 218682

Shepparton
Phone 5820 5842
Fax 5820 5837
DX 218744

Stawell
Phone 5382 9226
Fax 5381 0655
DX 218886

Swan Hill
Phone 5036 4444
Fax 5032 4663
DX 218999

Wangaratta
Phone 5723 0662
Fax 5723 0811
DX 219452

Warrnambool
Phone 5560 1197
Fax 5560 1194
DX 219606

Wodonga
Phone 02 6049 2781
Fax 02 6049 2705
DX 219763

Headquarters Prosecutions

Headquarters
Level 2, 456 Lonsdale Street Melbourne 3000

DX 210302

Phone: (03) 8628 3270
Fax: (03) 9670 7563
Email: prosecutions.ops@police.vic.gov.au

Departments and Units

• Accident Records
• Airlie Leadership Development Centre
• Crime Reports (Insurance)
• Crime Prevention / Neighbourhood Watch State Coordination Unit
• Firearms 
• Forensic Services Department
• Freedom of Information
• Police Record Checks
• Speed Camera, Traffic, Crime and Other Infringements
• Subpoena Management Unit

Australian Federal Police

www.afp.gov.au

383 Latrobe Street
Melbourne Vic 3000

GPO Box 485G Melbourne 3001

• Departments and Units

Australian Government Solicitor

www.ags.gov.au

Level 21, 200 Queen Street
Melbourne Vic 3000

DX 50 Melbourne

GPO Box 2853AA
Melbourne Vic 3000

Phone: (03) 9242 1222
Fax: (03) 9242 1333

State Criminal Legislation

• Bail Act 1977
• Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006
• Children, Youth & Families Act 2005
• Confiscation Act 1997
• Corrections Act 1986
• Crimes Act 1958
• Family Violence Protection Act 2008
• Crimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2004
• Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012
• Criminal Procedure Act 2009
• Crimes (Criminal Trials) Act 1993
• Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act 2004
• Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
• Domestic Animals Act 2012
• Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
• Evidence (Misc Provisions) Act 1958
• Evidence Act 2008
• Family Violence Protection Act 2008
• Firearms Act 1996
• Infringements Act 2006
• Juries Act 2000
• Jury Directions Act 2013
• Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004
• Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010
• Personal Safety Intervention Orders Regulations 2011
• Road Safety Act 1986
• Sentencing Act 1991
• Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009
• Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004
• Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009
• Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010
• Summary Offences Act 1966
• Surveillance Devices Act 1999
• Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996
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State Criminal Regs

• Bail Regulations 2012
• Confiscation Regulations 2008
• Corrections Regulations 2009
• Crimes (Assumed Identities) Regs 2006
• Crimes (Controlled Operations) Regs 2008
• Crimes (Confiscation) Regs 2014
• Crimes (DNA Database) Regs 2012
• Crimes (Extra-Territorial Offences) Regs 2009
• Family Violence Protection Regs 2008
• Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Regulations 2009
• Criminal Organisations Control Regs 2013
• Criminal Procedure Regulations 2009
• Crimes (Search Warrant) Regulations 2014
• Domestic Animals Regulations 2005
• Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regs 2006
• Evidence (Affidavits and Statutory Declarations) Regs 2008
• Evidence (Examination of Witnesses Outside the State) Regs 2011
• Firearms Regulations 2008
• Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Regulations 2005
• Victoria Police Regs 2014
• Sentencing Regulations 2011
• Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Regulations 2009
• Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Regulations 2009
• Sex Offenders Registration Regulations 2014
• Surveillance Devices Regs 2006
• Victims of Crime Assistance Rules 2010
• Victims of Crime Assistance Rules 2010
• Victims of Crime Assistance (Special Financial Assistance) Regulations 2011
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Federal Criminal Legislation

• Australian Federal Police Act 1979
• Australia Federal Police Regs 1979
• Crimes Act 1914
• Crimes Regulations 1990
• Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990
• Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Regs 1992
• Criminal Code Act 1995
• Criminal Code Regs 2002
• Customs Act 1901
• Evidence Act 1995
• Evidence Regs 1995
• Extradition Act 1988
• Foreign Evidence Act 1994
• Foreign Evidence ... Regs 1994
• Judiciary Act 1903
• Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
• Proceeds of Crime Regs 2002
• Social Security Act 1991
• Surveillance Devices Act 2004
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