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Bench Book News

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Sentencing Bench Book Update 38 published

Update 38 includes amendments to the following chapters: Section 9 good behaviour bonds Suspended sentences Objective factors (cf s 21A(1)) Subjective matters taken into account...

Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book Update 55 published

Update 55 includes amendments to the following chapters: Outline of trial procedure Child witness/accused Jury Character Complaint evidence Complicity Tendency, coincidence and background evidence Unfavourable...

Local Court Bench Book Update 124 published

Update 124 amends the following chapters of the Local Court Bench Book: Specific penalties and orders Commonwealth offences at and Mental Health...

Local Court Bench Book Update 123 published

Update 123 to the Local Court Bench Book has amended the Mental Health chapter.  

Civil Trials Bench Book Update 33 published

Update 33 of the Civil Trials Bench Book includes amendments to the following chapters: Procedure generally Juries Particular proceedings Personal injuries

Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book Update 54 published

Update 54 includes amendments to the following chapters: Contempt, etc Closed court, suppression and non-publication orders Evidence given by alternative means Jury Witnesses –...

Sentencing Bench Book Update 37 published

Update 37 includes amendments to the following chapters: Fact finding at sentence Community service orders (CSOs) Mandatory life sentences under s 61 Objective factors...

Local Court Bench Book Update 122 published

Update 122 has amended the Apprehended violence orders chapter commencing at and included a revised and expanded section AVO proceedings involving children at and ff.

Local Court Bench Book Update 121 published

Update 121 includes amendments to the following chapters: Specific penalties and orders Bail References Local Court Practice Note 1 of 2015 Index, Table of...

Sentencing Bench Book Update 36 published

Update 36 includes amendments to the following chapters: • Obligations of the parties • Intensive correction orders • Setting terms of imprisonment • Aggregate sentences • Court not to...