Sexual Assault Trials Handbook — Update 27 — March 2020
Offences
Table 1: Sexual offences involving child victims at and Table 2: Sexual offences — other, at have both been updated.
A brief legislative...
Local Court Bench Book Update 136 published
Update 136 of Local Court Bench Book includes:
General Orders has been updated at to include a ready reckoner table with the length...
Local Court Bench Book Update 135 published
Update 135 of the Local Court Bench Book amends the following sections:
Small Claims has been revised at and the information on pre-trial...
Sentencing Bench Book — Update 45 published
Unless otherwise stated, section numbers refer to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.
Procedural fairness has been amended to include references to recent case law....
Local Court Bench Book — Update 134 published
The following amendments have been made to the Local Court Bench Book: Contents, Practical notes section and cross-referencing to other publications. Following the expansion of...
Sexual Assault Trials Handbook — Update 26 published
Update 26 to the Handbook contains the following material:
Recent sexual assault law
The following recent cases have been added:
Tindall v R NSWCCA 136,...
Equality Before the Law Bench Book — Update 15 published
Section 2 — Aboriginal people
This chapter has been significantly revised, with updated cases, statistics and new sections as detailed below.
The legacy of historic dispossession...
Local Court Bench Book Update 133 published
The following amendments have been made to the Local Court Bench Book:
Specific penalties and orders
The following Acts have been recently amended:
Crimes Act 1900 by...
Children’s Court Resource Handbook Update 11 published
The Care and protection matters — practice and procedure has been updated at to include Presidential Children’s Court appeals.
The Care and protection matters...
Civil Trials Bench Book — Update 40
Update 40 to the Civil Trials Bench Book contains amendments to:
Broadcast of judgments
JJ Spigelman, “The principle of open justice: a comparative perspective” (2006) 29(2) UNSW...