Revoked – Capping of Family Violence Intervention Order lists at the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria sitting at Broadmeadows - Practice Direction 9 of 2015

In recent years, the number of applications for Intervention Orders under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 has grown significantly.  The ability of the Court, lawyers, police, support workers and others to perform their respective roles has been compromised.  Effective family violence outcomes require sufficient time for the Court to address the requirements of the Act and for lawyers, police, support workers and other professionals to conduct themselves in accordance with relevant standards.

The purpose of this Practice Direction is to implement an effective system for listing Family Violence Intervention Orders by setting a limit on the number of matters in a Family Violence application list at Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court.

The introduction of this process at Broadmeadows is the first stage. The impact of capped lists will be monitored and will inform the expansion of capping to the other regions of the Court.