Tell us your views

We welcome your views on the background, issues and questions set out in this consultation paper. The questions are listed on page 8 as well as appearing throughout the paper.

We invite you to make a submission by Monday 3 August 2026.

You can make a submission by:

•​email: legal.privilege@lawreform.vic.gov.au

•​online form: lawreform.vic.gov.au/all-projects/make-a-submission/

•​mail: ​Victorian Law Reform Commission

​GPO Box 4637

​Melbourne VIC 3001

We will refer to submissions in our final report and publish them on our website.

We treat all submissions as public unless we are asked to:

•​withhold the submitter’s name (while still publishing their views)

•​accept them as confidential (which we will not publish at all) or

•​accept them as anonymous (which we will publish if suitable for publication).

We remove addresses, contact details and other identifying personal information from all submissions before they are published.

Submissions do not have to follow a particular format. You may answer all the questions or just some of them, depending on your interest and expertise.

You can find more information about making a submission, including our Submission Policy, on our website at lawreform.vic.gov.au/engage-in-law-reform/submissions-information/.

We will consider requests to consult with us in person or remotely during the consultation period. If you wish to consult with us, please send a request to legal.privilege@lawreform.vic.gov.au by 3 August 2026.

After receiving your feedback, the Commission will carefully consider the information you provide before setting out its findings and recommendations in a final report to the Attorney-General. This report will be available to the public in keeping with the Commission’s role in supporting inclusive, transparent and independent law reform.