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The District Court of South Australia is South Australia's principal trial court. It was established as a court of record by the District Court Act 1991.Prior to that the Court had existed since 1969 under the Local and District Criminal Courts Act 1926.
Aboriginal Sentencing Court; Coroner's Court of South Australia; District Court of South Australia; Environment, Resources and Development Court; Licensing Court of South Australia; Magistrates Court of South Australia; Supreme Court of South Australia; South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal; South Australian Employment Court
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Pages in category "Judges of the District Court of South Australia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Magistrates Court of South Australia is the lowest level court in the state of South Australia. The Magistrates Court, then known as the Court of Petty Sessions, was established in 1837, by the Court of Sessions Act 1837. [1] It has both original and appellate jurisdiction and hears matters specified in the Magistrates Court Act 1991 (SA). [2]
Of the judges of the Supreme Court of South Australia, [1] as of September 2018, 14 had previously served in the Parliament of South Australia Edward Gwynne, Sir Richard Hanson, Randolph Stow, Sir Samuel Way, Sir James Boucaut, Richard Andrews, Sir William Bundey, Sir John Gordon, Robert Homburg, Sir Angas Parsons, Sir Charles Abbott, Leo Travers, Len King and Robin Millhouse.
The court is a superior court of limited jurisdiction, but below the High Court of Australia in the hierarchy of federal courts, and was created by the Federal Court of Australia Act in 1976. [ 24 ] Decisions of the High Court are binding on the Federal Court.
The Court was established by Letters Patent on 2 January 1837, five days after the colony was founded. The Court is unique among Australia's state supreme courts in that it was established at the foundation of the colony of South Australia, as the notion of a supreme court was a part of the colony's founder, Edward Wakefield's theory of colonisation. [3]