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List of Victorian Supreme Court cases
This is a select
list of cases
decided by the
Supreme Court of Victoria
.
Killing of
Rekiah O'Donnell
R v Cogdon
-
Supreme Court
, 1950 - successful defense of defence
automatism
against homicide charge
R v Davidson
- Supreme
Court
, 1969 - also known as the
Menhennitt ruling
, regarding the legality of abortions.
R v Thomas
-
Court of Criminal Appeal
, 2006 - a confession obtained under torture was not
admissible
as evidence in the trial of "Jihad Jack"
Joseph Thomas
.
Goldie Marketing
Pty Ltd
v
Financial Ombudsman
Services Ltd
- Supreme Court,
2015
- involved presentation of misleading file notes in
the discovery
phase.
Port of Melbourne Authority
v
Anshun
Pty Ltd
- Supreme Court 1980 upheld on
appeal to
the
Full Court
and the
High Court of Australia
. The unexplained failure to plead an
indemnity
in defence to
the claim
for
contribution
meant it could not be raised in later
proceedings
.