The Victorian Law Reform Commission is currently reviewing committal and pre-trial procedures in indictable criminal matters. We have been asked by the Attorney-General to consider whether Victoria should maintain, abolish, replace or reform the present committal system, taking into account the best practice for supporting victims, processes which might reduce trauma to victims and witnesses, and to ensure procedural fairness for the accused.
Initiated in October 2018, the inquiry published an Issues Paper on 24 June 2019 including a call for submissions. More than two dozen submissions were recieved by the closing date and most are published on this website.
For a comprehensive grasp of the issues, you can click below to download the Issues Paper, read the public submissions, or listen to episode to episode 2 of our podcast, 'Old Law, New Law'.
The Commission will deliver its report on 31 March 2020. Please note that the report will not be made publicly available until after it has been tabled in Parliament, which will happen up to 14 sitting days after 31 March.
