
Phone : +61 3 9225 7222
Mobile : 0400 059 684
Email : zoe.hough@vicbar.com.au
Chambers : Castan Chambers, Room 1601, 460 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Criminal Appeals
Common Law Appellate
Common Law Class Actions
Dust Diseases
Insurance - Disability Claims
Intentional Torts
Judicial Review - Motor Accidents
Judicial Review: Workers Compensation
Medical Negligence
Motor Vehicles Negligence
National Disability Insurance Scheme
Professional Negligence
Work Injuries
Workers Compensation
Crimes Against the Person
Crimes Against the Person
Criminal Appellate
Criminal Appellate
Domestic and Family Violence
Domestic and Family Violence
Drugs
Drugs
Environmental and Planning Offences
Environmental and Planning Offences
Extradition
Extradition
Extradition
Fraud
Fraud
Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice
Mental Illness
Mental Illness
Proceeds of Crime or Money Laundering
Proceeds of Crime or Money Laundering
Property Offences and Theft or Robbery or Burglary
Property Offences and Theft or Robbery or Burglary
Sexual Assault
Sexual Assault
Traffic
Traffic
Victims of Crime
Victims of Crime
White Collar and Corporate Crime
White Collar and Corporate Crime
Work Health and Safety
Work Health and Safety
Care and Protection
Family Law and Guardianship Appellate
Parenting Orders
Property
Food Industry Regulation
Gaming Industry Regulation
Industry Regulations
Commissions or Tribunals and Other Inquiries
Commissions or Tribunals and Other Inquiries
Coronial Inquests
Coronial Inquests
Civil and Human Rights
Civil and Human Rights
Compliance and Investigations
Compliance and Investigations
Constitutional Law
Corruption
Corruption
Customs
Disciplinary Proceedings
Disciplinary Proceedings
Discrimination
Discrimination
Health and Medical
Immigration Law
Judicial Review and Administrative Law
Judicial Review and Administrative Law
Liquor Licensing
Merits Review
Merits Review
Merits Review
Migration Law
Privacy or Freedom of Information
Proceeds of Crime
Proceeds of Crime
Public Administrative Appellate
Social Security and Veteran Entitlements
Contracts and Contract Disputes
Disciplinary Tribunals
Disciplinary Tribunals
Doping or Drugs in Sports
Doping or Drugs in Sports
Racing Appeals
The Court of Arbitration for Sport
Tax Prosecutions
Zoe Hough practices primarily in criminal law, accepting briefs to appear and advise in criminal, quasi-criminal and regulatory matters as well as inquests and inquiries.
She also accepts briefs in a broad range of public, family and common law matters.
Before coming to the Bar, Zoe was a Senior Federal Prosecutor at the Commonwealth DPP where she gained extensive experience in a range of crime types, including human trafficking, drug matters, online child exploitation, white collar crime and regulatory offences.
Zoe has appeared in bail hearings, summary contests, committals, and summary and indictable plea hearings across Victoria, NSW and ACT.
Zoe holds a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.
She is reading with Morgan Brown and her senior mentor is Georgina Coghlan KC.
Previous cases:
· CDPP v Glavas [2025] VCC 983
· CDPP v Smith [2024] VCC 1140
· DPP v Lyons [2023] VCC 11
· CDPP v Shi [2022] VCC 98
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