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Children’s Court Resource Handbook published

Update 14, May 2022 Care and protection matters — background material refers to P Gray, “Beyond placement: realising the promise of the Aboriginal and...

Equality before the Law Bench Book update 20 published

Section 2, formerly “Aboriginal people” has been renamed “First Nations people”. The following additional changes have been made in this update: Section 2 — First Nations people Information...

Local Court Bench Book Update 144 Published

Specific penalties and orders has been updated as follows: Introduction has been revised to incorporate Park v The Queen HCA 37, Park v R...

Sentencing Bench Book Update 50 published

Update 50, March 2022 Community-based orders generally has been revised at  Requirements for assessment reports to include RC v R  NSWCCA 76 where the court concluded that although...

Sexual Assault Trials Handbook Update 36 published

Update 36, March 2022 The following sections have been updated: Sexual offences involving child victims Table 1: Sexual offences involving child victims at  has been updated to...

Civil Trials Bench Book Update 47 published

The following changes have been incorporated in this Update:  Disqualification for bias The decision of Gleeson v DPP (NSW)  NSWCA 63 has been added at  Apprehended bias, as...

Local Courts Bench Book Update 143 published

The following changes have been incorprated in this update: Specific penalties and orders has been updated as a result of the following recent developments: Firearms...

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...