Court Services Melbourne
Department of Justice
Melbourne
The courts of the city
The Magistrates’, County and Supreme Courts, Legal Aid, the Melbourne Civil and Administrative Tribunal (MCAT) and the Coroners Court. Everything here is kept in step with the courts in the city.
Sitting today
Nothing listed today.
The week ahead is on the court list.
The courts in numbers
Matters open
0
Finalised, 30 days
0
MCAT claims open
0
Deaths before the coroner
0
The week in the courts
The week in the courts
It was a quiet week in the courts. No new matters were filed, no matters were finalised, no MCAT claims were lodged and no inquest findings were made. Thank you to everyone who kept the courts running smoothly behind the scenes — a quiet week is still a week of work.
Our court list is updated every week with each sitting, by courtroom: https://rogueroleplay.com/justice/court-list
Written by Courty from the court’s records
Getting help
Before the court?
Anyone charged can have a duty lawyer, free: ask on your phone in MyServices, or at the DOJ Discord’s help desk. Courty, bottom right, answers questions any time.
An overdue fine?
Pay fines in MyServices on your phone. An overdue fine is enforced by Melbourne Police: a 7-day notice, a community work permit, or a wheel clamp that comes off a minute after paying.
Want to work here?
Registrars, prosecutors, magistrates and judges. Read the handbook, then apply: your office role in the DOJ Discord sets your grade in the city.
The offices
- 10Attorney-GeneralMay lead the department, sit at every level and prosecute.
- 09Chief MagistrateMay lead the department and sit at every level.
- 08Supreme Court JusticeMay sit in the Supreme Court and every court below it.
- 07County Court JudgeMay sit in the County Court and the Magistrates' Court.
- 06MagistrateMay sit in the Magistrates' Court.
- 05Crown ProsecutorMay open and list matters, and prosecute.
- 04OPP SolicitorMay open and list matters, and prosecute.
- 03Principal RegistrarMay open and list matters, and decide bail.
- 02Senior Court RegistrarMay open matters and list or move hearings.
- 01Bail JusticeMay open and list matters, and decide bail.
- 00Court RegistrarMay open matters and list or move hearings.
Documents
All 13 documentsHandbook
Department of Justice Handbook
Who the Department of Justice is, the offices and what each may do, how to join, and what we expect of everyone who serves.
Guide
Criminal Procedure Guide
How a criminal matter starts, moves through the summary or indictable stream, and ends, with exactly the decisions allowed at each step.
Guide
Bail Guide
How police and the court grant, refuse and revoke bail, what conditions can be set, and what happens if a condition is breached.
Practice direction
Sentencing Guidelines
Guidance for the bench on fines, jail and community work, sentence indications, spent convictions and proportionate sentences in roleplay.
Guide
MCAT: Civil Claims Guide
How to lodge a civil claim with the Melbourne Civil and Administrative Tribunal, how a claim is answered and heard, and how orders are paid.
Guide
Coroners Court Guide
How deaths are reported to the Coroners Court, how the coroner investigates, when an inquest must be held, and what findings contain.
The department works out of its Discord: the help desk, the court list and results as they happen, and Courty. Join the DOJ Discord.