Sexual Assault Trials Handbook — Update 25
Update 25 to the Handbook contains amendments to:
Recent sexual assault law
The following recent cases have been added:
Porter v R NSWCCA 117, where error was found in...
Local Court Bench Book Update 132 published
Specific penalties and orders
The following legislation in the tables has been revised to reflect recent amendments:
Bail Act 2013 by the Justice Legislation Amendment...
Civil Trials Bench Book Update 39
The following changes have been incorporated into this update:
Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010
In relation to a suppression or non-publication order being “necessary”,...
Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book Update 61.2
The following sections have been updated
Dangerous driving
The commentary in this section has been revised to summarise the content of directions to be given...
Equality Before the Law Bench Book wins international award
We are pleased to announce that the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) has awarded the Judicial Commission one of only 10 annual awards...
Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book Update 61.1
Closed court, suppression and non-publication orders
This chapter has been substantially revised to include the following:
A reference to Darren Brown (a pseudonym) v R...
Sexual Assault Trials Handbook Update 24
Update 24 to the Sexual Assault Trials Handbook contains amendments to:
Recent sexual assault law
The following recent cases have been added:
BC v R NSWCCA 11,...
Children’s Court Resource Handbook Update 10 published
Update 10 of the Children’s Court Resource Handbook includes:
Two articles have been added to Care and protection matters — background material, by his Honour...
Criminal Trials Court Bench Book Update 61 published
Update 61 of the Criminal Trials Court Bench Book includes a new section on the Sexual assault communications privilege. This has been added in the Trial Procedure chapter...
Equality Before the Law Bench Book Update 13 published
Section 11 — Older people
A new section on Older people is published with this update. Older people are an extremely diverse group, as this term can...