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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.
Cases reported in the NSWLR are selected by the Editor on the basis of their significance in relation to the interpretation, development or application of the law in New South Wales. Of the thousands of judgments delivered each year by the Supreme Court of New South Wales (including the Court of Appeal and Court of Criminal Appeal) only a ...
NSW Local Court: 21 April 2021: Resigned Curran was charged with indecent assault in 2017 and suspended from the local court bench while those criminal charges were before the courts. He was convicted of seven counts of indecent assault against a teenage boy, an appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed two of the convictions.
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 ...
A search warrant obtained by local outlet WITN, ... ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. On Monday, Jan. 13, Lever appeared in court after being arrested and charged ...
The case was one of the earliest in a series of cases in which the High Court found implied rights in the Constitution. The trend reached a high point in Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd , [ 7 ] which found that the implied right to freedom of political communication could be used as a defence in a defamation action.
The Mutten case has highlighted a New South Wales law which is harsher than in every other state. From the time that the accused is charged with a crime involving a child, the child’s name, and any information identifying them, can no longer be reported. This is despite the child's name being widely circulated during the earlier search for her.
The District Court of New South Wales is the intermediate court in the judicial hierarchy of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is a trial court and has an appellate jurisdiction . In addition, the Judges of the Court preside over a range of tribunals.