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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 Local Court of New South Wales is the lowest court in the judicial hierarchy of the Australian state of New South Wales.Formerly known as the Court of Petty Sessions and the Magistrates Court, there are more than 160 branches across New South Wales where the Local Court has jurisdiction to deal with the majority of minor civil and criminal matters.
Deputy Chief Magistrate Local Court (2014–2018) [224] Wendy Sue Strathdee: 22 May 2018: 6 years, 247 days [196] [225] Gerard Mark Phillips SC: 23 January 2019: 6 years, 1 day: President, Workers Compensation Commission of New South Wales (2019–) [226] Ian David Bourke SC: 4 February 2019: 5 years, 355 days [227] Jonathon James Priestley SC ...
The Local Court is the lowest court in the court hierarchy in New South Wales, Australia. The Court deals with the majority of civil and criminal disputes in the State. The role of industrial magistrate allows certain magistrates to deal exclusively with and specialise in certain types of industrial matters in New South Wales including 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 Supreme Court of New South Wales which, under the Third Charter of Justice sealed in 1823, had a criminal and civil jurisdiction similar to that of the superior Courts of England; Courts of General and Quarter Sessions which could deal with "crimes and misdemeanours not punishable by death";
The first New South Welsh Charter of Justice of 2 April 1787 created the power to convene a criminal court. This was the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction.The first Charter of Justice also created a Court of Civil Jurisdiction to hear and determine in a summary way all pleas relating to real and personal property, debts, contracts, grant of probates and to administer intestate estates.
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 ()