Raj Bhattacharya
E: rajb@vicbar.com.au
P: +61 3 9225 6444
M:
Chamber: Room 0932, Gorman Chambers, Level 9, 460 Lonsdale Street, MELBOURNE, VIC 3000, AUSTRALIA
Admitted: 13/11/2007
Called to Bar: 22/10/2015
Date Appointed Silk:
Qualifications: B Comp SC; LLB

Member VLA Criminal Trial Preferred Barrister List v2

Indictable Crime Certificate

Raj Bhattacharya is a passionate and committed defence barrister. He is very experienced in criminal law, having practiced since 2007.

He is a VLA Criminal Trial Preferred Barrister and has an Indictable Crime Certificate. He regularly appears unled in jury trials.

He otherwise appears in all the higher courts. His most recent reported decision in the Supreme Court is:

Re DM [2024] VSC 559

In 2022, he assisted at the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. He is currently a member of the Victorian Bar Indigenous Justice Committee.

Before being called to the Bar, he was a Senior Criminal Lawyer at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, where he ran numerous matters in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. He has also been employed at Victoria Legal Aid and at a generalist practice in Warrnambool.

In 2006 he worked at the Gulf Region Advocacy Centre in Houston, a specialist legal centre that represented persons who were awaiting execution in Texas.

Appellate

Criminal Appeals,

Criminal

Criminal Appellate,Domestic and Family Violence,Juvenile Justice,Sexual Assault,Victims of Crime,White Collar and Corporate Crime,Work Health and Safety,

Equity

Guardianship and Administration,

Public Administrative

Civil and Human Rights,Disciplinary Proceedings,Liquor Licensing,Proceeds of Crime,