Sexual Assault Trials Handbook Update 31 published
Update 31 of the Sexual Assault Trials Handbook includes:
Recent sexual assault law
The following recent cases and legislation have been added:
RA v R NSWCCA 356, where the court...
Civil Trials Bench Book Update 43 published
The following changes have been incorporated into this update:
Closed court, suppression and non-publication orders
A minor amendment has been made as a result of the...
Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book Update 65 published
Tendency, coincidence and background evidence
Following the commencement of amendments on 1 July 2020 made by the Evidence Amendment (Tendency and Coincidence) Act 2020 (inserting ss 94(4), (5),...
Sentencing Bench Book Update 47 published
Intensive correction orders (ICOs) has been updated at Power to make ICO subject to Pt 5 to add the discussion in R v Fangaloka NSWCCA 173 and Wany v...
Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book Update 64 published
Closed court, suppression and non-publication orders
HT v The Queen HCA 40, which concerns the orders that may be made where an offender has assisted...
Children’s Court Resource Handbook Update 12 published
Children's Court Resource Handbook Update 12 contains the following amendments:
The Care and protection matters — important cases has been updated and restructured. New judgments...
Local Court Bench Book Update 139 published
Local Court Bench Book update 139 contains amendments to:
Specific penalties and orders
has been updated as a result of the following recent amendments:
Liquor Regulation...
Civil Trials Bench Book – Update 42 published
Disqualification for biasThe case of Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 577, which held that an intermediate appellate court...
Sexual Assault Trials Handbook — Update 30
Recent sexual assault law
The following recent cases have been added:
Gray v R NSWCCA 240 concerned the competence of a 5-year-old witness, who was also the...
Local Court Bench Book Update 138 published
Local Court Bench Book Update 138 contains the following:
Specific penalties and orders
This chapter has been updated as a result of the following recent amendments:
...