Sexual Assault Trials Handbook Update 35 published
Update 35, December 2021
The following sections have been updated:
Sexual offences involving child victims
Table 1 contains both current and historical NSW and Commonwealth sexual...
Equality Before The Law Bench Book Update 19 published
The following changes have been incorporated in this Update:
Section 4 — People with a particular religious affiliation
Reference is made at 4.2.3.2 Holy books and scriptures, to a...
Civil Trials Bench Book Update 46 published
The following changes have been incorporated in this Update:
Disqualification for bias
Charisteas v Charisteas HCA 29 has been added at Apprehended bias as an example of inappropriate...
Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book Update 68 published
Update 68, October 2021
Closed court, suppression and non-publication orders has been revised and updated. At Grounds for and content of suppression or non-publication orders, the...
New Handbook for Judicial Officers published
The new Handbook for Judicial Officers was published in October 2021.
The Handbook contains a collection of articles curated from a broad range of judicial...
Sexual Assault Trials Handbook Update 34 published
The following sections have been updated:
Sexual offences — other Table 2 contains current and repealed sexual offences in the Crimes Act 1900 other than those which...
Children’s Court Resource Handbook Update 13 published
The following chapters have been updated:
Care and protection matters
The commentary in relation to care and protection matters has been significantly expanded. A discussion of...
Sentencing Bench Book Update 49 published
Intensive correction orders (ICOs) (alternative to full-time imprisonment) has been revised at ICO is a form of imprisonment to add Mandranis v R NSWCCA 97, which reiterates that...
Civil Trials Bench Book Update 45 published
The following changes have been incorporated in this Update:
Time
Pell v Hodges NSWCA 234 has been added at Extension and abridgement which held that while the discretion...
Local Court Bench Book Update 142 published
Update 142, September 2021
Road transport is amended to refer to the new Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021 at .
Evidence by domestic violence...