Children's Court of NSW Resource Handbook November 2025 update

Care and protection matters

Important cases have been updated, with new cases included in the following areas:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander placement principles at [3-1000]
• Active efforts added at [3-1010]
• Care and protection at [3-1060]
• Guardian at litem at [3-1220]
• Parens patriae at [3-1340]
• Parentage orders at [3-1370]
• Permanency planning at [3-1380]

Criminal matters

Important cases have been updated, with new cases included in the following areas:

• Bail — Other bail matters at [9-1100]
• Sentencing — Severity appeal — Dismissed at [9-1340]
• Sentencing — Aggregate sentence at [9-1344]
• Sentencing — Full-time imprisonment at [9-1348]
• Sexual assault at [9-1355]
• Young Offenders Act at [9-1357]

Practice and procedure, practice notes, guide and protocols has been updated:

• Practice and procedure revised and updated at [11-1000]ff

  Practice notes link to Practice Note 20: Bail proceedings added at [11-2050]ff

• Guide — criminal jurisdiction revised and updated at [11-3000]ff.

Table of statutes has been updated to Update 23.