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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 ...
Small claims court. Small-claims courts have limited jurisdiction to hear civil cases between private litigants. Courts authorized to try small claims may also have other judicial functions, and go by different names in different jurisdictions. For example, it may be known as a county or magistrate 's court.
Compensation Court of New South Wales (1984–2004) Court of Arbitration (New South Wales) (1902–1908) Court of Industrial Arbitration of New South Wales (1912–1926) Court of Civil Jurisdiction (1787–1814) Court of Coal Mines Regulation of New South Wales (1984–2006) Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (1787–1823)
Local government areas in Sydney. The local government areas (LGA) of New South Wales are the third tier of government in the Australian state. Under the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) they can manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by the legislation. They may be designated as cities or otherwise as areas, though the latter units ...
www.ncat.nsw.gov.au. The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) is a civil law and administrative law tribunal in New South Wales established by statute [1] on 1 January 2014. [2] It replaced and aggregated the matters of a number of disparate tribunals. [3]
Judge Graeme Henson. Since. 2006. The Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court of New South Wales, a division of the Local Court of New South Wales, is a court within the Australian court hierarchy established pursuant to the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW). The Local Court is the lowest court in the court hierarchy in New South Wales, Australia.
The Parramatta Justice Precinct (PJP) is located in the western part of the Parramatta (/ ˌpærəˈmætə /) central business district. The precinct houses the corporate headquarters of the Department of Communities and Justice. Other legal offices include the Children's Court of New South Wales and the Sydney West Trial Courts, Legal Aid ...
Magistrate. The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a magistratus was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judicial and executive powers. In other parts of the world, such as China, magistrate is a word ...