Victorian Chapter

Membership of COAT Victorian Chapter Inc.
The annual membership fee is $20.00 with the financial year being from 1 March to the final day of February. A membership form is available below for completion and return.
- Application for membership / renewal of membership [ Word version ]
- Statement of Purposes [ Word version ]
- Rules [ PDF version ]
Victorian Committee
| Iain Ross (Convenor) | ijr@justice.vic.gov.au |
| Troy Barty | troy.barty@ssat.gov.au |
| Justice Kevin Bell | justice.bell@supremecourt.vic.gov.au |
| Wendy Boddison | wendybodd@optusnet.com.au |
| Gerry Butcher | Gerry.Butcher@justice.vic.gov.au |
| Anne Coghlan | Anne.Coghlan@justice.vic.gov.au |
| Norma Ford | cnford@dodo.com.au |
| Ian Freckelton SC | i.freckelton@vicbar.com.au |
| Tricia Harper | triciaharper@fastmail.com.au |
| Jacky Kefford | Jacky.X.Kefford@justice.vic.gov.au |
| John Lesser | john.lesser@dhs.vic.gov.au |
| Susanne Liden | Susanne.Liden@justice.vic.gov.au |
| David List | djlist@parkstreet.com.au |
| Carmel Morfuni | isia@bigpond.com |
| Regina Perton | regina.perton@aat.gov.au |
Presentations
- Therapeutic Jurisprudence: myth, magic and misinterpretations, Dr Ian Freckelton, Barrister, presentation delivered to "TJ: Trendy Jargon or Tool of Justice?", 26 October 2006
[ PowerPoint version ] - Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the tribunal context, John Billings, Deputy President Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, presentation delivered to "TJ: Trendy Jargon or Tool of Justice?", 26 October 2006
[ Word version ] - Challenging behaviours - a clinician's perspective, Dr Michael Epstein, paper delivered to "Challenging behaviours, successful strategies", 6 October 2005
[ Word version ] - Legal advocacy for people who have a cognitive impairment, Philip Grano, paper delivered to "Challenging behaviours, successful strategies", 6 October 2005
[ PowerPoint version ] - Genevieve Nihill, paper delivered to "Challenging behaviours, successful strategies", 6 October 2005
[ Word version ] - Reforms to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, presentation by Justice Garry Downes, President Administrative Appeals Tribunal, 23 May 2005
[ Word version | PowerPoint version ] - VCAT Practices and Procedures: Recent Developments, presentation by Justice Stuart Morris, President Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, 23 May 2005
[ Word version ] - Expert Medico-Scientific Evidence before Tribunals: Approaches to Proof, Expertise and Conflicting Opinions, paper by Randall Kune and Professor Gabriel Kune, 21 October 2004
[ Word version ] - The Growth in Tribunal Power, speech by Justice Marilyn Warren, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, 7 June 2004
[ Word version ]