Colin Lovitt was a
Queen's Counsel
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in
Australia
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. He was known for defending
Greg Domaszewicz and for getting in trouble for calling magistrate Bruce Zahner a 'cretin'.
He represented Sudo Cavkic, charged with the murder of
Keith William Allan
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, at the long-running second trial in 2006 that resulted in a hung jury, and at the similarly long third trial in 2007 when Cavkic was convicted. In the
Hancock case, he defended Grame "Slim" Slater.
Colin Lovitt died 10 January 2021.
Victorian barrister Colin Lovitt QC dies
Karen Sweeney, AAP - Perth Now 11 January 2021
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Lawyers from Melbourne
Australian barristers
Australian King's Counsel
20th-century King's Counsel
Melbourne Law School alumni
2021 deaths
Year of birth missing
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