Your Local Court
Melbourne Magistrates' Court
233 William Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm
MAGISTRATES' COURT OF VICTORIA
Melbourne Magistrates' Court
Melbourne Magistrates' Court is the principal registry and headquarters of the Magistrates' Court of Victoria, located in the city's legal precinct on William Street. It is the largest and busiest court of its kind in the state, open on weekdays.
Sitting at the centre of Victoria's summary justice system, the court hears criminal prosecutions, driving matters, intervention order applications, and civil disputes, and runs a number of specialist lists, including a Drug Court, a Koori Court, and the Assessment and Referral Court for people with complex mental health conditions.
Because the Melbourne Custody Centre sits beneath the building, many people held after arrest first appear here, and the Bail and Remand Court operates from the complex extended hours, seven days a week.
Melbourne Magistrates' Court contact details
- Street address
- 233 William Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
- Postal address
- GPO Box 882, Melbourne VIC 3001
- Phone
- (03) 9087 6111
- Fax
- (03) 9628 7826
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm
Court contact details are provided for convenience and are those of the Melbourne Magistrates' Court registry, not Russo Lawyers. To speak with us about your matter, use the contact options below.
What matters are heard here
The court carries an enormous daily list, most of it summary work or the early stages of more serious prosecutions. The matters dealt with here include:
- Driving and drink driving charges
- Summary criminal offences
- Family violence and personal safety intervention order applications
- Bail applications, including matters heard in the Bail and Remand Court
- Committal hearings for indictable charges
- Civil disputes up to $100,000
Indictable charges that are too serious to be finalised summarily are committed from Melbourne to the County Court or the Supreme Court of Victoria for trial or sentence.
Legal support at Melbourne Magistrates' Court
Russo Lawyers is a boutique criminal defence practice based in the Melbourne legal precinct, a short distance from the court itself. Every matter is run personally by the principal, Samuel Russo, across criminal, traffic, and intervention order work, and he appears throughout the Victorian court system.
A former Court Registrar at the Magistrates' Court of Victoria, the principal knows how the Melbourne list operates from the inside. Acting for you directly, he can:
- Represent you at every listing, whether a mention, a contest mention, a committal, or a plea
- Prepare you thoroughly, and explain what to expect, before you attend court
- Appear on your behalf where that is the appropriate course
- Move quickly on bail applications and other matters that cannot wait, including custody matters
Contact Russo Lawyers
If you are facing a charge or have a matter listed at Melbourne Magistrates' Court, contact Russo Lawyers for a confidential discussion of your situation and the next steps.
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