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The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the person responsible for conducting criminal proceedings for indictable offences on behalf of the Monarch of Australia. The role of the DPP is supported by the Crown Prosecutors' Chambers, led by the Chief Crown Prosecutor, and the Office of Public Prosecutions.
Kerri Judd KC (born 1966) is an Australian lawyer who has been Director of Public Prosecutions for the state of Victoria since 2018. She is the first woman to be appointed to the role. Since 17 September 2024 she has been appointed as a judge in the Victorian Supreme Court.
The DPP was responsible for the prosecution of only a small number of major cases until 1986 when responsibility for prosecutions was transferred to a new Crown Prosecution Service with the DPP as its head. The Director is appointed by the Attorney General for England and Wales. The current DPP, since November 2023, is Stephen Parkinson. [7]
The next few appointees were unimportant and uncontroversial, until Sir Charles Willie Matthews QC, a man Rozenberg describes as "the first real DPP". The Prosecution of Offences Act 1908 repealed the section of the 1884 Act that unified the DPP and Treasury Solicitor, giving Matthews an office of his own on his appointment in the same year. [7]
Victoria Prison was the first and longest-running prison to date in Hong Kong. It is located on Old Bailey Street in Central , Hong Kong Island . Named in honour of Queen Victoria , it was originally known as Victoria Gaol and was renamed into Victoria Prison in 1899. [ 1 ]
He was president of the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties from 1994 to 1996. In addition to his business as a barrister, Richter was also a part-time commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Victoria from 1989 to 1992. [6] He was appointed a silk on 26 November 1985. [7]
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