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Head to the Bar
The Head to the Bar podcast provides a wealth of information for lawyers sitting the Victorian Bar entrance exam, or who just enjoy a deep dig into current law. Join the community where we'll discuss Victorian Evidence law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, Ethics, and exam strategy.
Recent Episodes
25 episodes
The Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules Part 4
In this episode, we’ll finish the last instalment of our discussion of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure Rules) 2015 (Vic), looking at the pr...
The Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules Part 3
In this episode, we’ll finish the third of four instalments of our discussion of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure Rules) 2015 (Vic), looking...
The Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules Part 2
In this episode, we’ll finish the second of four instalments of our discussion of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure Rules) 2015 (Vic), lookin...
The Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules Part 1
This episode we’ll start the first of four instalments of our discussion of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure Rules) 2015 (Vic), looking at t...
The Civil Procedure Act part 2
This episode we’ll finish discussing the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic) provisions relating to the commencement and conduct of civil proceedings (Chap...
Sentencing wrap up, and the Civil Procedure Act 2010 part 1
This episode we’ll finish discussing sentencing and then start tackling civil procedure by looking at the parts of the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic)...
Sentencing Part 2
This episode we’ll keep chatting about the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) by continuing to look at all of the detail of available dispositions under the Ac...
Sentencing Part 1
This episode we’ll start chatting about the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) by looking at the introductory provisions, finishing up with provisions relating...
The Jury Directions Act part 2
This episode we’ll finish discussing the Jury Directions Act 2015 (Vic) by looking at the evidential directions, finishing up with general directions....
Bail part 2, and the Jury Directions Act Part 1
This episode we’ll finish discussing the Bail Act 1977 (Vic) and get started on the Jury Directions Act 2015 (Vic). As always, we’re helped out by the...
Appeals from superior court decisions, and bail part 1
This episode we’ll continue discussing the Criminal Procedure Act, starting with appeals from superior court decisions, including interlocutory appeal...
Committal proceedings, and trial procedure
This episode we’ll continue discussing the Criminal Procedure Act. We’ll start with committal proceedings, and then move onto Victorian Criminal trial...
Summary criminal procedure, and appeals from the Magistrates' Court
This episode we’ll start looking at Victorian Criminal Procedure and the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act. We start with commencing criminal p...
Barristers' ethical rules part 2 of 2
This episode we’ll wrap up the relevant ethical principles that apply to barristers, looking at Part 5.4 of Schedule 1 of the Legal Profession Uniform...
Barristers' ethical rules part 1 of 2
With the law of evidence now done and dusted, it’s time to switch to a new topic. This episode we’ll start to discuss the the ethical principles that...
A brief review of Victorian evidence law
It’s time to transition from looking at the evidentiary rules and principles, to considering how to attempt past exams. This episode we’ll review the...
The hearsay rule and its exceptions
In our very last substantive evidence discussion, we chat about the principles of admissibility, and exclusion, of hearsay evidence. In our next episo...
Admissions and improperly obtained evidence
Today, we chat about the principles of admissibility, and exclusion, of admissions and unlawfully or improperly obtained real evidence. In our next ep...
Identification evidence, and opinion evidence including expert evidence
Let’s shift to topics that don’t require quite the same level of heavy lifting that we’ve become used to. Today, we’ll look at identification evidence...
Tendency and coincidence evidence
Often considered one of the trickier areas of evidence law, today we will look at the principles of admissibility and exclusion of tendency and coinci...
Client legal privilege, and the credibility rules
Today we tackle the last of the evidentiary privileges - client legal privilege, before moving into the tricky rules of admissibility of credibility e...
Cross-examination, and evidentiary privileges
Now that we’ve managed the most difficult part of law studies (getting started), we’re well on our way. Today, we’ll look at the principles and proced...
Relevance, and witnesses part 1
A warm welcome to our discussion of Victorian evidence law. We’ll start at the very beginning, and that is the principles of relevance, discretionary...
Wisdom from past passers
An enormous hurdle to getting started in self-led study is knowing where to begin. In this episode, we had the honour of being joined by three lawyers...
Welcome to the Head to the Bar podcast
Are you thinking of sitting the Victorian Bar Entrance exam in November? Welcome to the Head to the Bar podcast. We'll explore the examinable law, wan...