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VCAT stands for Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

If you have your own claim against the applicant, you can submit an application with VCAT. This is called a counterclaim. 

If you haven’t received documents that the other party is using to support their case within seven days, contact them directly to ask for a copy.

A phone hearing – like a hearing in person – allows all parties a chance to make submissions, to give and hear evidence, and ask questions of you a

We send you the time, date and location of your hearing in a letter called a ‘notice’.  

A change to the date of a directions hearing, mediation, compulsory conference or hearing is called an ‘adjournment’. 
 

If you can’t come to VCAT in person or on the scheduled date for a serious reason (for example, you have a disability, are away or unwell) you have

What happens if you miss the hearing depends on if you’re the applicant or the respondent. 

If you have been invited to a mediation for a residential tenancy dispute, you need to attend unless you have

We don’t know exactly how long each hearing will take.