Equality Before the Law Bench Book Update 11 published
The latest update to the Equality Before the Law Bench Book includes amendments to the following chapters:
Section 4 — People with a particular...
Civil Trials Bench Book update 34 published
Update 34, November 2017
The Evidence chapter has been revised to incorporate the following changes:
“Hearsay” at
“Opinion” at
“Tendency and coincidence” at...
Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book Update 57 published
The latest update to the Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book includes amendments to the following chapters:
Evidence given by alternative means
Oaths and affirmations
...
Sentencing Bench Book Update 39 published
Update 39 of the Sentencing Bench Book includes amendments to the following chapters:
Fact finding at sentence
Intensive correction orders (ICOs)
Home detention orders
...
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...
Research Monograph 40 published
Transparent and consistent sentencing in the Land and Environment Court of NSW: orders for costs as an aspect of punishment
Paperback, Vol 1, 164 pp;...
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...
Sentencing Trends & Issues No 46 — Common Offences in the NSW Local Court:...
The Commission has published a Sentencing Trends & Issues that reports on sentences imposed in the NSW Local Court in 2015. The paper presents...
Local Court Bench Book Update 123 published
Update 123 to the Local Court Bench Book has amended the Mental Health chapter.