On 25 February 2020, the Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal (Tate, Niall and Emerton JJA) delivered judgment in the matter of Meringnage v Interstate Enterprises Pty Ltd and Ors [2020] VSCA 30, in which Anna O’Callaghan of Young’s List, together with Christopher Tran and Mark Hosking, appeared for the applicant.
Their Honours, in answering three questions of law referred to the Court by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), confirmed that the VCAT is not a ‘court of State’ within the meaning of Ch III of the Commonwealth Constitution and so is not capable of exercising judicial power in matters where the Commonwealth is a party.
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