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Australian Case Law

A guide on where to find authorised reported and unreported judgments in Australian jurisdictions.

Victoria Authorised Reports

The authorised report series for the Supreme Court of Victoria are the Victorian Reports.

Online

Print

1957 to current - in hardcopy on Level 4 of the Law Library.

Note: Authorised reports must be handed up in the Supreme Court of Victoria - refer to Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note SC GEN 3, 2017: Authorities and Legislation.

Victoria Unreported Judgments

Unreported judgments are available from the Law Library of Victoria's (LLV)  judgments database, AustLII and Jade. Selected cases are also available on Westlaw Australia, Lexis+ Australia and Capital Monitor (UniMelb access). Details below.

  • Supreme Court of Victoria: 1950 - current (LLV), 1968 - current (Lexis + Australia), 1994 - current (AustLII), 1997 - current (Capital Monitor), 1998 - current (Jade), 1999 - current (Westlaw Australia)
  • Supreme Court of Appeal: 1980 - current (Lexis + Australia), 1998 - current (LLV, AustLII,  Jade, Westlaw Australia & Capital Monitor)
  • County Court of Victoria: 1993- current (AustLII), 1997 - current (Jade)
  • Magistrates' Court of Victoria: 2006 - current (AustLII & Jade)
  • Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT): 1998 - current (AustLII), 1999 - current (Jade), 1998 - current (Westlaw Australia), 2002 - current (Lexis + Australia), 2007 - current (Capital Monitor)

The Law Library of Victoria's guide on locating unreported judgments from the Supreme Court, County Court, Magistrates' Court and VCAT includes useful information on locating judgments published before 1990.