Third edition of Pizer’s Annotated VCAT Act

The third edition of Pizer’s Annotated VCAT Act by Jason Pizer has been published by JNL Nominees Pty Ltd.

This edition is an invaluable resource for barristers who appear in the VCAT and/or in the Supreme Court in appeals from the VCAT. It contains:

• An overview of the VCAT;
• A full copy of the VCAT Act, the VCAT Regulations and the VCAT Rules;
• Extensive commentary on the VCAT’s practice and procedure; and
• Extensive commentary on appeals from the VCAT under section 148 of the VCAT Act.

Judge Bowman, the VCAT’s Acting President, has said this about the third edition:

From time to time, a legal textbook becomes so well known in its particular area of expertise that practitioners in that area refer to it simply by the name of its author. Archbold and Fleming come to mind. Jason Pizer’s “Pizer’s Annotated VCAT Act” is rapidly approaching that iconic status. “Who’s taken my Pizer?” or “It’s in Pizer at page …” is the type of remark frequently heard in the hearing rooms and corridors of VCAT. And now this well-known text is in its third edition.

At the heart of every VCAT hearing are the provisions of the VCAT Act. Each year important rulings are made concerning those provisions. Amendments come into effect. New jurisdictions are conferred on VCAT. How do the many people affected, the practitioners and the decision-makers keep abreast of the latest developments? At least one answer lies in having a well-researched, comprehensive, intelligible and up-to-date text. The third edition of Pizer is such a book.

Daniel Aghion of the Victorian Bar said this about the second edition:

The greatest strength of this work is the detail and high quality of the annotations. The author has crammed references to a surprisingly large number of cases into the text, but has done so in a manner that keeps the commentary concise and easy to read… [I]t is an excellent work that fills a niche. No practitioner who appears regularly at VCAT should be without it.

To purchase the third edition of Pizer’s Annotated VCAT Act, please contact Jason Pizer's secretary, Wendy Hawkless on 03 9225 8400 or at jpsec@vicbar.com.au. The third edition is available at a cost of $130 and can be delivered to your chambers at no extra cost.
Alternatively, the publication is also available for purchase from the ground floor registry at the VCAT, the Law Institute Bookshop, or from Information Victoria.