Courts and tribunal processes

Find information about what to expect at your court or tribunal hearing.

One building for five courts and tribunals

While the Bendigo Law Courts is one building, there are five courts and tribunals that work here.

These include:

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)
Children’s Court of Victoria
Magistrates’ Court of Victoria
County Court of Victoria
Supreme Court of Victoria.

The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia also sits here on a visiting basis. 

This means each court or tribunal has its own process.

Visit the website of the court or tribunal that you are attending to understand:

how to prepare for your hearing
how to represent yourself
how to file documents
what happens at your court or tribunal hearing
how to connect with support services and programs.

If you don’t know where to go, please check the notice or summons sent to you, or contact the court or tribunal.

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)

For all matters and hearings, please visit VCAT.(Opens in a new tab/window)

Children’s Court of Victoria

For all matters and hearings, please visit the Children's Court of Victoria(Opens in a new tab/window).

For information about specific court divisions, please visit:

Magistrates’ Court of Victoria

For all matters and hearings, please visit the Magistrates' Court of Victoria(Opens in a new tab/window).

For information about specific court matters, please visit:

County Court of Victoria

For all matters and hearings, please visit the County Court of Victoria(Opens in a new tab/window).

For information about specific court divisions, please visit:

Supreme Court of Victoria

For all matters and hearings, please visit the Supreme Court of Victoria.(Opens in a new tab/window)

For information about specific court divisions and self-representation, please visit:

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

For all matters and hearings, please visit the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia(Opens in a new tab/window).

Reviewed 19 March 2026

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Help in your language

If you need an interpreter to speak with staff, call TIS National on 131 450.

Give them the Bendigo Law Courts telephone number: (03) 9087 5733 and stay on the telephone while the operator connects you and the interpreter to the organisation.

Read this in other languages here.

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Court Services Victoria acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung, Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Bendigo Law Courts stand, and pays respects to ancestors of this country, Elders, knowledge holders and leaders – past and present.

Court Services Victoria extends that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.