This report completes the Victorian Law Reform Commission’s review of law reform options that would allow people in Victoria to be treated with medicinal cannabis in exceptional circumstances. Introduction

Provides background information about the benefits and risks of using cannabis for medicinal purposes, the experience of other countries that allow people to use it, and the interconnecting Commonwealth and Victorian laws that could be affected if Victoria introduces its own scheme. Summary There are two central questions in the review : Who should be...

Introduction: This report considers three distinct aspects of the jury system in Victoria: • the use of peremptory challenges and the Crown right to stand aside jurors in criminal trials • the identification of jurors by name or number in court • the additional juror system, in particular the balloting off of excess jurors at...

The Victorian Law Reform Commission has published its report on the review of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 (CMIA). The report contains 107 recommendations for legislative reform to ensure the CMIA operates justly, effectively and consistently with its underlying principles. The key recommendations are: that a set of statutory...

The purpose of this review was to ensure that guardianship and administration law in Victoria is responsive to the needs of people with an impaired decision making capacity, and advances, promotes and protects the rights of people with an impaired decision making capacity.