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If you wish to contact us, please call 02 9299 4421 and follow the prompts. The herald spoke to 22 judges from the nsw supreme, district and local courts about their profession for the series behind the bench. Criminal trial courts bench book judicial commission of. Publications judicial commission of new south wales. Supreme court of new south wales, sydney, australia. The new south wales court of criminal appeal, part of the supreme court of new south. The state government has ended months of speculation and announced former supreme court judge peter hall will become the new chief commissioner of the corruption watchdog. The criminal trial courts bench book is prepared for use by supreme court and district court judges and it constitutes a major contribution by the judicial commission of new south wales to the administration of justice of this state. The law handbook your practical guide to the law in new south wales. In addition there are three acting judges of appeal, justices barrett, emmett and simpson, who do not sit full time. This has been added in the trial procedure chapter.

Chief executive judicial commission of new south wales gpo box 3634 sydney, nsw 2001 dx 886 sydneyphone. Equality before the law bench book update published. The supreme court of new south wales was formed in 1824. Bench book news judicial commission of new south wales. Judges behind the bench nsw supreme court pictures.

In line with nsw government policy, this office is currently closed to the public. The supreme court of new south wales is the superior court in the state. Childrens court of nsw resource handbook criminal trial courts bench book nsw. New south wales court of criminal appeal wikipedia. Justice richard refshauge, supreme court of the australian capital territory, judge.

If you do not have access to the subscription services, a version of the judgment can generally be located by searching. Chief executive judicial commission of new south wales gpo box 3634 sydney, nsw 2001 dx 886 sydney. Section 11 older people a new section on older people is published with this update. The judicial commission of nsw, an independent statutory corporation, is part of the judicial arm of government. Criminal trial courts bench book judicial commission of new. Bench book for children giving evidence in australian courts. Records of the decisions handed down by the court before 1900 can be found on the australasian legal information institutes austlii website. The new south wales court of appeal, part of the supreme court of new south wales, is the. Update 61 of the criminal trials court bench book includes a new section on the sexual assault communications privilege. Former sydney judge peter hall named new icac chief. Contents national domestic and family violence bench book.

The supreme court of new south wales is the highest state court of the australian state of. The chief justice has ultimate discretion in determining the number of judges to sit on the bench, and the selection of individual. It was established by the judicial officers act 1986. Criminal trial courts bench book nsw judicial commission link to nsw judicial. Practice note 10 work health and safety act prosecutions. The quarter sessions court was an intermediate court with greater powers than the local court or bench but not as great as the supreme court. If you wish to contact us, please call 02 9299 4421 and follow. It met three times a year at various locations throughout nsw. Criminal depositions deposition books index nsw state. It creates a statutory jurisdiction which replaces the court s former jurisdiction to grant relief by way of prerogative writ. The links in each benchbook entry link to a copy of the judgment on either the supreme court library website or, for reported cases, to the relevant subscription service. Sentencing bench book judicial commission of new south wales. Supreme court about the supreme court, the relevant law, and updates to court. Supreme and district courts criminal directions benchbook.