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As a result of the careful selection of only significant cases for reporting, the preparation of concise and accurate headnotes, and the careful proofing of judgments, the NSWLR are a very valuable resource. They are quite different from collections of the vast number of unreported decisions that are made freely available by New South Wales courts.
New South Wales Law Reports: State Reports NSW : SR NSW: 1901-1970: New South Wales Law Reports: 1901-1950: via AustLII: Law Reports (NSW) LR (NSW) 1856–1900: via AustLII: Weekly Notes (New South Wales) WN (NSW) 1884–1987: Neutral citation: NSWSC: 1995-caselaw.nsw.gov.au AustLII. BarNet JADE. Decisions of judges sitting alone NSWCA: 1988 ...
Ha v New South Wales: 1997 - the court invalidated a New South Wales tobacco licensing scheme, reining in the licensing scheme exception to the prohibition states levying excise duties, contained in section 90 of the Australian Constitution Kruger v Commonwealth: 1997 - stolen generations case CSR v Cigna Insurance: 1997 -
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]
New South Wales v Commonwealth (also called the WorkChoices case) [1] is a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia, which held that the federal government's WorkChoices legislation [2] was a valid exercise of federal legislative power under the Constitution of Australia.
The High Court of Australia can review decisions of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in relation to the common law and equitable jurisdictions of the court as well. The High Court of Australia has exercised this power on a number of occasions.
Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales, [1] ("Codelfa") is a widely cited Australian contract law case, [2] which serves as authority for the modern approach to contractual construction. [3] The case greatly influenced the development of the Eastern Suburbs railway line.
The Commission dismissed the appeal, and Kirk subsequently sought judicial review in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The Supreme Court held that it did not have the power to review the commission's decision due to provisions in the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW), which limited its jurisdiction to do so (Such as s179 of the IR Act ...