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Victorian County Court Chief Judge elevated to state’s Court of Appeal
Peter Kidd SC, the Chief Judge of the County Court and a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has been appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeal.
Jerome Doraisamy
Justice Kidd has served as Chief Judge of the state’s County Court since September 2015, and before this, he spent over two decades as a criminal lawyer in Australia and overseas.
In a statement, the Victorian Attorney-General’s Department detailed that Justice Kidd was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1990, signed the Victorian Bar roll in 1995 and was appointed senior counsel in 2011. His Honour served as Crown prosecutor and senior Crown prosecutor from 2009 to 2015.
Moreover, Justice Kidd worked as an international prosecutor at the War Crimes Chamber of the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which investigated and tried war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the Bosnian conflict in the 1990s.
Speaking about the appointment, Victorian Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny said: “I congratulate Peter Kidd SC on his appointment to the Court of Appeal and thank him for his leadership of the County Court over the past decade.
“He brings a wealth of experience cultivated across a range of jurisdictions to the Court of Appeal.”
Deputy Chief Judge of the County Court, Meryl Sexton, will act as Chief Judge until a substantive appointment is made.
Justice Kidd will start the new role on 28 April.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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