Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) is a government agency in the state of Victoria, Australia. The name is pronounced 'vee-cat'. It is usually referred to as "VCAT" rather than "the VCAT".

The tribunal sits below the Magistrates Court in the court hierarchy.

It resolves disputes and makes executive decisions on behalf of the State Government in a number of miscellaneous areas, each of which is referred for adjudication to the Tribunal by its own separate statute. For each separate area the Tribunal keeps a List of matters to be adjudicated, analogous to a Court List.

VCAT's current lists are:

• Anti-Discrimination List
• Credit List
• Civil Claims List (successor to the Small Claims Tribunal)
• Domestic Building List
• General List
• Guardianship List
• Land Valuation List
• Legal Practice List
• Occupational and Business Regulations List
• Planning List
• Real Property List
• Residential Tenancies List (for adjudication of disputes between landlord and tenant)
• Retail Tenancies List (for adjudication of disputes between landlord and tenant)
• Taxation List

Decisions of the Tribunal can in most cases be appealed on a matter of law to the Supreme Court of Victoria or if the original decision was made by the President or Vice President the appeal goes to the Court of Appeal.

Anti-Discrimination List

The Anti-Discrimination List can hear cases where a complainant can establish both grounds and attributes for discrimination and do so in a recognised area of...
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