Samantha Renwick
Areas of Practice:
- Accredited Mediator
- Children's Court
- Coronial Inquests
- Criminal Law
- Family Law
- Intervention Orders
- VOCAT
- Wills & Estates
Bar Practice
Samantha practices in child protection, criminal law, family law and succession law. She appears in court on a daily basis.
In the Family Division of the Children’s Court of Victoria, Samantha has appeared at all stages of proceedings on behalf of children, parents, extended family members and the Department of Health and Human Services.
In her criminal law practice, Samantha has appeared in the Criminal Division of the Children’s Court of Victoria, the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria and the County Court of Victoria in bail applications, pleas, summary hearings, committal hearings, appeals and contravention of CCO proceedings, on behalf of the defence and prosecution. She is currently completing an Indictable Crime Certificate.
In Samantha’s family law practice, she has appeared at the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia in the Duty List, at Conciliation Conferences and at Interim Hearings in applications for parenting orders, property orders, spousal maintenance, consent orders, contravention and enforcement, as well as international child abduction from a country not a party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. She also has a research interest in special medical procedure cases, in particular the right of children to consent to treatment for gender dysphoria.
Samantha has appeared in contested final Intervention Orders and acted as Family Violence Duty Lawyer at the Magistrates’ Court. She has also appeared in applications to be deemed not to be a prohibited person to hold a firearms licence under section 189 of the Firearms Act 1996 (Vic).
Samantha also has experience appearing at the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal, in the Guardianship List of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and has also appeared at the Supreme Court of Victoria in the Costs Court in relation to disputes following deceased estate litigation.
She has completed the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Course on Cultural Competency in Working with Aboriginal Families within the Court System.
As an Accredited Mediator and Collaborative Practitioner, Samantha is available to mediate family law or de facto parenting arrangements following separation, and disputes arising from deceased estates, including applications for family provision claims under Part IV of the Administration and Probate Act 1958 (Vic).
