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Magistrates' Court - Original
- Civil- up to $100,000 including personal injury
- - claims less than $10,000 go to arbitration
- Criminal- summary offences (minor traffic offences)+
- - indictable offences heard summarily (armed robbery)
- - committal proceedings
- - bail applications
- - issuing warrants (one magistrate)
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Magistrates' Court - Appellate
no appellate jurisdiction as the Magistrates' Court is the lowest in the Victorian hierarchy
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County Court - Original
- Civil unlimited
- - one judge with an optional jury of six
- Criminal indictable offences
- - except murder, attempted murder, defensive homocide, child homocide, certain conspiracy charges and treason
- - one judge and a jury of 12 when the plea is 'not guilty'
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County Court - Appellate
- Criminal- from the Magistrates' Court against a conviction or sentence (one judge)
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Supreme Court: Trial Division - Original
- Civilunlimited
- - one justice with an optional jury of 6
- Criminalmost serious indictable offences
- - murder, attempted murder, treason
- - one justice and a jury of 12 when the plea is 'not guilty'
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Supreme Court: Trial Division - Appellate
- Civilon points of law from the Magistrates' Court and VCAT
- - one justice
- Criminalon points of law from the Magistrates' Court
- - one justice
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Supreme Court: Court of Appeal - Original
Operates as an appellate court, so there is no original jurisdiction
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Supreme Court: Court of Appeal - Appellate
- Civil- on points of law
- - on questions of fact
- - on an amount of damages
- from a single judge in the County Court or Supreme Court
- and from VCAT when heard by the president or vice-president
- (3 justices)
- Criminal- on points of law
- - on a conviction
- - on the severity or leniency of sanction
- from a single judge of the County Court or Supreme Court
- (3-5 justices)
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High Court
- (highest court of appeal for the states)
- (one justice)
- - federal law matters
- - matters arising under a treaty
- - where the Commonwealth is a party
- - disputes between states or residents of two states
- - disputes where an injunction is sought against an officer of the Commonwealth
- - criminal cases like treason and sedition
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Full Court of the High Court
- (at least 2 justices)
- - appeals against the decision of the supreme courts of states and territories
- - appeals against the Federal Court and the Family Court
- - appeals from the High Court in its original jurisiction
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Full Bench of the High Court
- (5 - 7 justices)
- - interpretation of the Consitution
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