Victorian Consolidated Legislation

County Court Act 1958 - SECT 41

Judicial resolution conference

41. Judicial resolution conference



(1) If, in any civil proceeding, the Court orders or directs that a judicial
resolution conference be conducted, no evidence shall be admitted at the
hearing of any civil proceeding of anything said or done by any person in the
course of the conduct of the judicial resolution conference unless the Court
otherwise orders, having regard to the interests of justice and fairness.

(2) Without limiting section 16 of the Evidence Act 2008, a judge or an
associate judge is not compellable to give evidence in any proceeding, whether
civil or criminal, of anything said or done or arising from the conduct of the
judicial resolution conference.