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The District Court can hear most civil and criminal matters except for offences related to murder and treason. It also has jurisdiction over criminal injuries compensation claims. In the administrative and disciplinary division, the Court hears appeals from various government agencies , tribunals and disciplinary bodies.
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]
Snowtown murders (1992-1999) - serial killings which occurred mainly in two outer-suburban suburbs of Adelaide, Salisbury and Elizabeth The Family Murders (1970s-mid-1980s) - Believed to involve a series of sexual assaults and murders done by a group of perpetrators, though only Bevan Spencer von Einem was charged, and he was found guilty of ...
The ERD court was established by the Environment, Resources and Development Court Act 1993. [1] It has jurisdiction under legislation relating to the natural and built environment, heritage, water, native title and mining. [1] The senior judge and other judges of the ERD Court are judges in the District Court of South Australia. Masters of the ...
Australian Military Court (2007–2009) [b] Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1904–1956) [c] Commonwealth Industrial Court (1956–1973) [d] Family Court (1976–2021) Federal Circuit Court / Federal Magistrates Court (1999–2021) Federal Court of Bankruptcy (1930–1977) [e] Industrial Relations Court of Australia (1994 ...
The Coroner's Court is housed in the Adelaide Magistrates' Court building. The Coroner's Court of South Australia is a court which has exclusive jurisdiction over the remains of a person and the power to make findings in respect of the cause of death of a person or fire in South Australia, a state of Australia.
Judges of the Court hold office on the same terms as District Court Judges: they must retire at the age of 70 and can only be removed by an address by both houses of the South Australian Parliament. Magistrates are appointed under the Magistrates Act 1983 and assigned by proclamation to be a Deputy President of the Court. Magistrates hold ...
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]