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The primary courts currently sitting in New South Wales are: Court of Appeal of New South Wales; Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales; Supreme Court of New South Wales; Land and Environment Court of New South Wales; District Court of New South Wales; Local Court of New South Wales; Additional, specialist courts include:
In 2018, the Court heard 407 new cases, which included 265 appeals against severity of sentence, 108 appeals against conviction, 19 appeals against interlocutory judgments and 1 case returned from the High Court for re-hearing.
The Court of Appeal was established in 1965, replacing the former appellate Full Court of the New South Wales Supreme Court, [2] and commenced operations on 1 January 1966 with the appointment of the President, Sir Gordon Wallace, and six Judges of Appeal, Bernard Sugerman, Charles McLelland, Cyril Walsh, Kenneth Jacobs, Kenneth Asprey and John Holmes Dashwood.
The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal upheld a crown appeal that the sentence was manifestly inadequate, almost doubling the prison sentence. [15] In 2014 Fullerton was the judge in the trial of Paul Mulvihill, who a jury convicted of the stabbing murder of his former lover Rachelle Yeo and Fullerton sentenced him to a maximum 29 years in prison. [16]
The building is 114 metres tall, with 27 floors housing 34 state and 27 federal courtrooms, built in 1976 with the NSW Government and Commonwealth Government sharing the construction cost. [3] It was designed by Geoffrey Atherden of the prominent architectural firm, McConnel Smith and Johnson, with an emphasis on making courts more humane and ...
District Court of New South Wales Local Court of New South Wales: Judge term length: Mandatory retirement by age of 72: Number of positions: 52: Website: supremecourt.nsw.gov.au: Chief Justice of New South Wales; Currently: Justice Andrew Bell: Since: 7 March 2022 () Chief Judge at Common Law; Currently: Ian Harrison: Since: 9 November 2023 ()
In Cunneen v ICAC, [20] a 2:1 majority of the NSW Court of Appeal held, inter alia, that the impugned conduct was not corrupt conduct as stipulated in s 8(2) of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 (NSW) (‘ICAC Act’). In addition, the Court also ruled that ICAC's decision to hold such a public inquiry was unreasonable. [19]
Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1928) Acting Judge of the Supreme Court (1929–1930 & 1934) [116] Francis Stewart Boyce: 28 August 1932: 27 June 1940: 7 years, 304 days: Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW (1916–1917) [117] Harold Sprent Nicholas: 1 February 1935: 7 January 1948: 12 years, 340 days [75] Sir Thomas Bavin KCMG ...