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Supreme Court (ACT) ACT Law Reports: ACTLR: 2008-Thomson Reuters: Authorised report. Australian Capital Territory Reports: ACTR: 1973-Lexis Nexis: Neutral citation: ACTSC: 1986-AustLII. BarNet JADE. Supreme Court (NSW) NSW Law Reports: NSWLR: 1970-New South Wales Law Reports: Authorised report. Includes NSW Court of Appeal and NSW Court of ...
The Australian Law Reform Commission notes that there has been a history in common law countries of the use of specific commissions to advise and report on sentencing practices. In 1833 in the United Kingdom, commissioners were appointed to report on consolidating all crimes and the laws relating to crimes into one Act of Parliament.
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]
The New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for the delivery of services to some of the most disadvantaged individuals, families and communities; and the administration and development of a just and equitable legal system of courts, tribunals, laws and other mechanisms that further the principles of justice in the ...
The NSWLR began in 1970, following the establishment of the Council of Law Reporting by the Council of Law Reporting Act 1969. They replaced the State Reports, New South Wales (which began in 1901) as the authorised reports in New South Wales. [4] The current Editor of the NSWLR is Perry Herzfeld SC who has held the position since 2022.
The Court held, inter alia, that a State tribunal which is not a “court of a State” is unable to exercise judicial power to determine matters between residents of two States because the State law which purports to authorise the tribunal to do so is inconsistent with the conditional investment by s 39(2) of the Judiciary Act [7] of all such ...
[9] [10] This was confirmed by the Australian Courts Act 1828 [11] an act of the Imperial Parliament which had the effect of ensuring that all English common and statute law up to 28 July 1828 was to have effect in New South Wales and Tasmania, and later Victoria and Queensland when they separated from New South Wales.
Five of the magistrates, [6] commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW seeking an order that they be appointed magistrates. They were unsuccessful at first, [ 7 ] however the NSW Court of Appeal held that the decision of the Attorney-General not to recommend their appointment as Magistrates was void because it was made in such a way as ...