Re Thorpe (No 4)

[2025] VSCA 333

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Filing
3. › Refusal by Prothonotary to seal documents
4. › Judicial review of Prothonotary's refusal
5. › Whether judge erred in declining to direct Prothonotary to seal document
6. › Whether application for leave to appeal totally without merit
7. › Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025, rr 28A.04(2), 64.15(5)(iv)
8. › Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic), s 14D(3)
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Courts
3. › Constitution of courts
4. › Whether Supreme Court has power to constitute a special court or tribunal
5. › Whether [name withheld] can appoint [name withheld]
6. › Power to constitute courts resides with Parliament

Quick Take

The Supreme Court of Victoria has no power to constitute a special court or tribunal, that power residing with the Parliament; the [name withheld] cannot appoint [name withheld] even on a temporary basis.

Case Details

Citation[2025] VSCA 333

CourtVSCA

JurisdictionVictoria

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