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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:
The intermediate courts were reformed in 1973 by the District Court Act 1973, [1] which abolished the courts of quarter sessions and each of the district courts and amalgamated their jurisdictions into a single District Court of New South Wales, with a statewide criminal and civil jurisdiction. [2]
Acting Judge District Court (1905–1911) Court of Industrial Arbitration (1914–) Industrial Court of NSW (1920–1926) [42] Montgomerie Hamilton: 12 May 1914: 1 July 1924: 19 years, 302 days: Acting Judge District Court (1900–1914) [43] [h] Walter Bevan: 3 November 1914: December 1926: 12 years, 28–58 days: Solicitor General for New ...
Pages in category "Judges of the District Court of NSW" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Local Court of New South Wales hears civil matters of a monetary value of up to $100,000; mental health matters; family law and/or child care matters; adult criminal proceedings, including committal hearings, and summary prosecutions for summary offences (i.e., offences of a less serious nature) and indictable offences; licensing issues (as the Licensing Court); industrial matters; and ...
The district court (or County Court in Victoria) handles most criminal trials for less serious indictable offences, and most civil matters below a threshold (usually around $1 million). The magistrates' court (or local court) handles summary matters and smaller civil matters.
The NSW Supreme Court ordered re-run elections in Kempsey, Singleton and Shellharbour Ward A. In Kempsey, the highest placed non-elected candidate from 2021, Dean Saul, was instead one the first councillors elected. [22] This failure caused the NSW Government to suspend the iVote system from use in the 2023 New South Wales state election.
The Court of Appeal operates pursuant to the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW). The Court hears appeals from a variety of courts and tribunals in New South Wales, in particular the Supreme Court, the Industrial Court, the Land and Environment Court, the District Court, the Dust Diseases Tribunal, the Workers Compensation Commission, and the Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal. [1]