List of Victorian Supreme Court cases
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This is a select list of cases decided by the Supreme Court of Victoria.
- Killing of Rekiah O'Donnell[1][2]
- R v Cogdon - Supreme Court, 1950 - successful defense of defence (non-insane) automatism against homicide charge
- R v Davidson [3] - Supreme Court, 1969 - also known as the Menhennitt ruling, regarding the legality of abortions.
- R v Thomas [4] - 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 [5] - 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.[6]
- R v ACR Roofing Pty Ltd - A 2004 case involving the death of a construction worker.