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2 new Supreme Court judges, 2 new County Court judges named in Victoria
Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes has appointed an associate judge and silk to the state’s Supreme Court and also a barrister and Crown prosecutor to its County Court.
Jerome Doraisamy
Associate Justice Patricia Matthews and Peter Gray KC have been appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria. The appointments were effective 14 June.
Mr Gray has been at the Victorian Bar since 1996 and made silk in 2011. He was senior counsel representing the state in the Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence and has acted as a senior counsel assisting for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
Elsewhere, A-G Symes named Diana Manova and Robyn Harper to the bench of the Victorian County Court.
The appointments were also effective as of 14 June.
Ms Manova has practised at the Victorian Bar since 2001, predominantly in common law, insurance and personal injury law, and has regularly appeared as a prosecutor in criminal trials in the higher courts and has also prosecuted for the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission, the A-G’s Department noted.
Ms Harper has been a Crown prosecutor for the Office of Public Prosecutions since 2018 and has practised at the Victorian Bar since 2009, and has appeared for both the prosecution and defence in the magistrates, county and supreme courts.
Speaking about the appointments, A-G Symes (pictured) said: “I congratulate Associate Justice Matthews, Peter Gray KC, Diana Manova and Robyn Harper on their appointments — with their extensive experience and expertise, they will make an excellent contribution to the bench.
“I look forward to seeing the strong and positive contribution the new appointees will make to the supreme and county courts.”
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.
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