Practice · 2 July 2026
Supreme Court of Victoria — Personal Injuries Practice Note
Four practice notes became one on 1 July, governing more than 3,000 pending cases across the Court's personal injuries, institutional liability, dust diseases and civil circuit lists. Key changes to document service, expert evidence, and interlocutory procedure apply immediately to new proceedings.
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Practice Note SC CL 3 (Personal Injuries Litigation) commenced 1 July, consolidating four existing practice notes — covering the Personal Injuries List, Institutional Liability List, Dust Diseases List, and Civil Circuit List — into a single document. The volume of work in these lists explains the impetus: more than 3,000 pending cases, representing around one-third of the Court's civil caseload, at more than two and a half times the volume recorded at the start of 2020. The new note introduces early service requirements for critical documents, restrictions on late expert material, mandatory joint forensic accounting evidence, and conferral requirements before interlocutory applications. It applies to all proceedings commenced from 1 July; some administrative arrangements will also be applied to existing matters progressively.