Checklist · Defamation & Media Law
Victorian proceeding suppression order check
A check that copies a Victorian proceeding suppression order and sets what it prohibits against the grounds in the Open Courts Act 2013 (Vic) sections 17 and 18.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Victoria
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Victoria.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use before reporting on a Victorian court or tribunal proceeding, to record the order that is in force and the ground printed on it. It does not decide that the order was validly made or breached.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may copy the order's prohibitions and the ground printed on it into the section 18 list, and must not decide that the order is valid or that it has been contravened.
AI may
- Copy the court or tribunal, the proceeding, and the words of the order from the order the principal supplies
- Mark the section 18 ground that is printed on the order
AI must not
- Must not decide that the order was necessary, or that it was validly made
- Must not decide that a report would contravene the order
- Must not add a penalty, or a ground that is not in section 18
- Must not draft submissions for or against an order
The lawyer checks
- The order in the file is the current order, including any later variation the principal has obtained
- The principal reads the procedure for making an order, which was not opened here
- The principal decides what may be published
- Other states' suppression statutes were not opened
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
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