The College warmly congratulates Associate Justice Patricia Matthews and Peter Gray KC on their appointments as Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria. We also extend our congratulations to Diana Manova and Robyn Harper on their appointments as Judges of the County Court of Victoria.
Justice Gray has practiced at the Victorian Bar since 1996 in public law and regulatory and commercial law, and made Silk in 2011. He has acted as a Senior Counsel Assisting for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. He was Senior Counsel representing the State in the Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence
Justice Matthews was appointed an Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria in December 2020, having served as a judicial registrar of the Court since 2017. She was previously a solicitor working across commercial court and common law matters and has worked as a senior fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School.
Judge Manova has practised at the Victorian Bar since 2001, and since 2012 predominantly in common law, insurance and personal injury law. She has also regularly appeared as a prosecutor in criminal trials in the higher courts and has also prosecuted for the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission.
Judge Harper has served as Crown Prosecutor for the Office of Public Prosecutions since 2018. Judge Harper has practised at the Victorian Bar since 2009 and has appeared for both the prosecution and defence in the Magistrates’, County and Supreme Courts.
We look forward to engaging with each new judge throughout this next stage of their professional lives.