Annual Report 2016-17

129 Annual Report of the Judicial Commission of NSW 2016–17 © Judicial Commission of NSW Cost: External cost of $550.00 was incurred in the production of this report Format: The annual report is also available on the Commission’s website: www.judcom.nsw.gov.au 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 Continuing judicial education Number of judicial education days each year 1,232 1,168 1,075 1,452 667* Number of educational events 38 32 39 43 44 Overall satisfaction rating with judicial education events 92% 89% 92% 93% 91% % of attendance by judicial officers at annual conferences 90% 87% 85% 87% 77% % of attendance at magistrates’ induction/orientation programs 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 Average number of training days offered each judicial officer 5 4.6 4.3 5.8 3.5* Average number of training days undertaken by each judicial officer 4 4 3.7 5 2.2* % of judicial officers who attended at least 2 days of judicial training 90% 87% 67% 78% 77% Number of publications (including bench book updates, bulletins, journals, education monographs and training videos)** 36 35 34 34 31 Providing legal information JIRS usage (average page hits each month) 113,666 123,338 127,302 136,324 134,476 % of JIRS availability 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 3 Number of enhancements to JIRS 12 5 6 14 10 Timeliness of sentencing material on JIRS – Recent law items posted on JIRS 2 wks 2 wks 2 wks 2 wks 2 wks 3 – Judgments (within number of days of receipt) 1 day 1 day 1 day 1 day 1 day 3 – Summaries of important judgments (within number of weeks of receipt) 5 wks 5 wks 5 wks 5 wks 5 wks 3 – Sentencing statistics loaded on JIRS (within number of months of receipt) 1–4 mths 1–4 mths 1–4 mths 1–4 mths 1–4 mths 3 Number of Sentencing Trends & Issues papers and monographs 4 1 3 2 2 3 Timely updates to the Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book and Sentencing Bench Book** 8 6 6 8 7 Lawcodes: % of new and amended offences coded and distributed within 4 days of commencement: NSW jurisdiction*** 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 Examining complaints % of complaints acknowledged within 1 week of receipt 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 % of complaints examined within 6 months of receipt 78% 87% 100% 93% 94% % of complaints examined within 12 months of receipt 98% 100% 100% 100% 99% Complaints received (number) 71 48 59 44 75 Complaints examined (number) 85 61 56 40 72 Our people Staff (number) 39 39 41 41 40 Length of service: 5 years or greater 64% 67% 67% 77% 65% Our governance, policies and processes Access to information requests 0 0 0 0 2 Environmental sustainability Total energy used 475 GJ 472 GJ 463 GJ 449 GJ 278 GJ % of recycled paper used 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 Our finances Revenue from NSW Government $5.321 M $4.976 M $5.247 M $3.755 M $6.766 M Retained revenue (sale of goods & services, investment income, etc) $709,000 $1.037 M $883,000 $738,000 $812,000 Expenditure $6.008 M $5.963 M $6.173 M $5.840 M $6.338 M * The Local Court of NSW Annual Conference was not held in the 2016–17 financial year which accounts for the decline. ** We changed our measure to include Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book updates. *** Where a proclamation date is provided; Commonwealth jurisdiction. Looking at the last 5 years Writers: Kate Lumley and Antonia Miller Graphic designer: Lorraine Beal Proofreading: Phillip Byrne, Roslyn Cook and Erika De Pellegrin Photography: Archived photos and Graeme Prince