Colin Lovitt QC

Colin Lovitt QC was called to the Bar in 1970 and Appointed Silk in 1988. In 2012 he was named a Legend of the Victorian Bar. As a criminal defence barrister, he has been involved many well-known criminal trials and along the way represented some of Victoria’s most notorious and colourful identities.  In April 2015, Colin was interviewed about his life before and at the Bar. Read interview transcript.

  • An Early Taste for Publicity (05:51)
  • Melbourne University (03:12)
  • Doing articles (05:17)
  • Jim Foley, Facial Hair and Betty King (04:26)
  • Reading with John Fogarty - Bluey Adam (07:18)
  • Advocacy – Oral vs Written Testimony (05:59)
  • Part6_AdvocacyOralvsWrittenTestimony (04:34)
  • Murder He Wrote (04:28)
  • Difficult Cases (08:00)
  • Founding the Criminal Bar Association(05:46)
  • Criminal Bar Association 2 (05:49)
  • Reforms in homicide laws and drug-related crime (08:14)
  • Changing community attitudes (06:14)
  • “I’ve never invented a defence” (06:51)
  • Justice denied (03:59)
  • People need to take a deep breath(05:52)
  • A great performance - Essoign Club (04:31)
  • Concluding Words (06:16)