VR Mentions
Week of 12 January 2026

Published 18 January 2026

Cases and decisions citing the Victorian Reports and Victorian Law Reports

The following list extracts all known citations by Australian and selected international courts of decisions published in the Victorian Reports or Victorian Law Reports. This information is extracted from the JADE Knowledge Graph and is published in this blog each week. Users of the Victorian Reports website are able to see these citations in near real time in the margin or at the top of the page of each cited report.

There were 22 mentions of Victorian Reports and Victorian Law Reports in the period from 12 January 2026 to 18 January 2026.

Mentions

  1. State of New South Wales (NSW Police Force) v Culhana [2025] NSWPICPD 86 (18 December 2025)
    (President Judge Phillips)

    mentions

    NOM v Director of Public Prosecutions (2012) 38 VR 618
    (Redlich, Harper JJA and Curtain AJA)

  2. Medical Board of Australia v ZQX (No 2) [2025] QCAT 510 (11 December 2025 (ex tempore))
    (Judge Dann, Deputy President, Assisted by:, Professor P Baker, Dr J Quinn, Ms M Ridley)

    mentions

    R v Tsiaras [1996] 1 VR 398
    (Charles and Callaway JJA; Vincent AJA)

  3. HANSEN v THE KING [2025] SASCA 141 (18 December 2025)
    (The Honourable Chief Justice Kourakis, the Honourable Justice Bleby and the Honourable Justice McIntyre)

    mentions

    R v Anderson [1981] VR 155
    (YOUNG CJ; MURPHY and JENKINSON, JJ)

    R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269
    (Maxwell P, Buchanan and Vincent JJA)

  6. Young v Tesla Motors Australia Pty Ltd t/as Tesla [2025] NSWCATCD 178 (30 December 2025)
    (D Robertson, Principal Member)

    mentions

    State Electricity Commission of Victoria v Rabel [1998] 1 VR 102
    (Tadgell, Ormiston and Phillips JJA)

  8. HALL -v- ALDRIDGE [No 2] [2026] WASC 3 (14 JANUARY 2026)
    (SOLOMON J)

    mentions

    New South Wales v IG Index PLC (2007) 17 VR 87
    (Buchanan, Nettle and Neave JJA)

  10. Health Care Complaints Commission v Irani [2026] NSWCATOD 5 (15 January 2026)
    (Coleman SC ADCJ, Principal Member, Dr M Cox, Senior Member, Dr T Salonga, Senior Member, R Wellington, General Member)

    mentions

    Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria v Lal (2009) 23 VR 702
    (Maxwell P, Weinberg JA and Kyrou AJA)

  12. NGUYEN -v- THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS [2026] WASCA 4 (15 JANUARY 2026)
    (MITCHELL JA, HALL JA, SWEENEY JA)

    mentions

    Re Forrest Trust [1953] VLR 224
    (FULL COURT (Herring C.J., Martin and Smith JJ.).)

  13. Re Brown (a person subject to a general litigation restraint order) [2026] VSC 3 (14 January 2026)
    (Delany J)

    mentions

    Farrugia v The Queen (2011) 32 VR 140
    (Redlich and Bongiorno JJA)

    Clarkson v The Queen (2011) 32 VR 361
    (Maxwell ACJ, Nettle, Neave, Redlich and Harper JJA)

  17. Brown v Victoria (No 3) [2025] VSC 765 (12/12/2025)
    (Harris J)

    mentions

    Brown v Victoria (No 3) (2025) 79 VR 409
    (Harris J)

    Bare v Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (2015) 48 VR 129
    (Warren CJ; Tate and Santamaria JJA)

    Carter v Walker (2010) 32 VR 1
    (Buchanan, Ashley and Weinberg JJA)

    Watkins v State of Victoria (2010) 27 VR 543
    (Ashley and Mandie JJA and Beach AJA)

    R v Portelli (2004) 10 VR 259
    (Winneke, P., Ormiston and Charles, Jj.A)

    Cruse v State of Victoria (2019) 59 VR 241
    (Richards J)

    Nicholson v Avon [1991] 1 VR 212
    (Marks J)

    Castles v Secretary, Department of Justice (2010) 28 VR 141
    (Emerton J)

    Director of Housing v Sudi (2011) 33 VR 559
    (Warren CJ; Maxwell P; Weinberg JA)

    State of Victoria v Horvath (2002) 6 VR 326
    (Winneke, P., Chernov and Vincent, Jj.A)

    Kirkland-Veenstra v Stuart (No 2) (2008) 23 VR 36
    (Warren CJ, Maxwell P and Nettle JA)

    Certain Children v Minister for Families and Children (No 2) (2017) 52 VR 441
    (John Dixon J)

    DPP v Kaba (2014) 44 VR 526
    (Bell J)

    Trustees Executors & Agency Co Ltd v Reilly [1941] VLR 110
    (MANN C.J.)

    Re Beth (2013) 42 VR 124
    (Osborn JA)

    Thompson v Minogue (2021) 67 VR 301
    (Kyrou, McLeish and Niall JJA)

    SB v State of New South Wales (2004) 13 VR 527
    (Redlich J)

    State of Victoria (Corrections Victoria Unit of the Department of Justice & Regulation) v Allan Thompson (2019) 58 VR 583
    (Beach, Osborn JJA and Kennedy AJA)

    Bishop of Wagga Wagga v TJ (a pseudonym) (2024) 74 VR 612
    (Beach and Orr JJA; J Forrest AJA)

  19. Kenny v Tencate [2026] NTSC 1 (9 January 2026)
    (Burns J)

    mentions

    Karpinski v The Queen (2011) 32 VR 85
    (Weinberg, Mandie & Tate JJA)

    R v Kotzmann [1999] 2 VR 123
    (Phillips, C.J, Callaway and Batt, Jj.A)

    R v Renzella [1997] 2 VR 88

    R v Stares (2002) 4 VR 314
    (Phillips, C.J, Charles and Chernov, Jj.A)

    R v Arts and Briggs [1998] 2 VR 261
    (Phillips CJ; Callaway JA; Harper AJA)

  20. McNamee & Anor v McNamee & Anor [2026] NTSC 3 (13 January 2026)
    (Smyth A/AsJ)

    mentions

    Elbourne v Troon [1978] VR 171
    (JENKINSON, J)

  21. Legal Services Commissioner v Eames [2026] QCAT 14 (15 January 2026)
    (The Hon. Judicial Member Peter Lyons KC, Assisted by:, · Mr Richard Barnes (Practitioner Panel Member), · Mr Keith Revell (Lay Panel Member))

    mentions

    Rees v Bailey Aluminium Products Pty Ltd (2008) 21 VR 478
    (Ashley and Redlich JJA; Coghlan AJA)

    Strange v Hybinett [1988] VR 418
    (Murphy, Gray and Phillips JJ)

  22. Pharmacy Board of Australia v Kaur (Review and Regulation) [2025] VCAT 1085 (9 December 2025)
    (E. de Zilwa, Presiding Member; V. Cogley, Health Practitioner Member; M. Ristovic, Health Practitioner Member)

    mentions

    Karakatsanis v Racing Victoria Ltd (2013) 42 VR 176
    (Osborn and Beach JJA)

    Kyriackou v Law Institute of Victoria Ltd (2014) 45 VR 540
    (Warren CJ, Osborn JA and Ginnane AJA)