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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,...

Post-sentencing reform statistics and enhanced statistics viewer on JIRS

The Judicial Commission has launched an enhanced statistics viewer to accommodate the new community based sentencing options which came into effect on 24 September...

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...

JIRS statistics viewer and post-sentencing reform statistics

The statistics viewer on JIRS will be changed to accommodate the new community-based sentencing options which commenced from 24 September 2018.  On accessing the...

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...

Local Court Bench Book Update 131 published

Update 131 of the Local Court Bench Book includes amendments to the following chapters: Specific Penalties and Orders Children's Court. The Children's Court "Criminal jurisdiction" section...

Sentencing Bench Book Update 43 published

The following chapters have been amended in Sentencing Bench Book Update 43: Setting terms of imprisonment Appendix A: Pt 4 Div 1A Table -...

Civil Trials Bench Book Update 38 published

The Procedure generally chapter has been revised to incorporate the following changes:  Preliminary discovery to assess prospects has been updated following O’Connor v O’Connor  NSWCA 214, where it...