Justice William Charles Crockett AO - Victorian Bar

News and ViewsNew Legal Year Launched in SBrilliant sunshine and hot cups of coffee greetedmore than 400 people in Hardware Lane early onthe morning of 30 January at a celebration to markthe start of the legal year.THE Legal Laneway Breakfast,formerly “Portia’s Breakfast”, isnow one of the biggest and mostinclusive networking events of the legalcalendar. Victoria Law Foundationhosted the successful event withAustralian Women Lawyers, VictorianEqual Opportunity and Human RightsCommission, Judicial College of Victoria,Legal Services Board, Leo CussenInstitute, LIV Young Lawyers’ Section,Sentencing Advisory Council, VictorianLaw Reform Commission, VictorianWomen Lawyers, Women Barristers’Association and Women’s Legal ServiceVictoria.Julian Gardner, Public Advocate,Office of the Public Advocate, and DrHelen Szoke, Chief Executive Officer,Victorian Equal Opportunity andHuman Rights CommissionSue Tait, Manager Complaints, Officeof Police Integrity, Michael McGarvie,CEO, Supreme Court of Victoria, andHis Honour Judge Grant, President,Children’s Court of Victoria.60The Honourable Justice Neave AO andElizabeth Bennett, Associate to JusticeNeave, Court of Appeal, SupremeCourt of Victoria and Professor MoragFraser AM, Board Member, VictoriaLaw Foundation.His Honour Judge Grant, President,Children’s Court of Victoria, ProfessorKathy Laster, Executive Director,Victoria Law Foundation, MickFrancis, CEO, and Chief MagistrateGray of the Magistrates’ Court ofVictoria.A who’s who of the legal sector attendedthe breakfast, including most heads ofjurisdiction, members of all courts, headsof legal sector agencies, judges, solicitors,barristers, government lawyers andacademics. The lively scene provided thebackdrop for a live cross from The LawReport on Radio National.Guest speaker her Honour JusticeMarcia Neave congratulated Victoria LawFoundation for its pioneering work in makingthe law accessible for 40 years, andlaunched a new pocket-sized edition ofthe Foundation’s Legal Precinct Map. Theannual raffle raised over $700 for Women’sLegal Service Victoria and featured prizesgenerously donated by local businesses,including a night for two at the Sebel Hotelwith breakfast at Treasury Restaurant.