Rita Incerti (born 28 December 1961) is a Justice in the Trial Division of the

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. She has also been known as Justice Rita Zammit, but reverted to using her maiden name, Incerti, in January 2020.

Career

Rita Incerti graduated from the

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with a

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with First Class Honours in 1995. She began her law career as a solicitor with Minter Ellison in 1996 and was an

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of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 2009 until her appointment to the Trial Division in February 2015. Justice Incerti was the first Associate Justice to be appointed a Justice in the history of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

References

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