Judicial Commission of NSW Annual Report 2017-18

3 Annual Report 2017–18 — Judicial Commission of NSW Overview of the Commission 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 Continuing judicial education Number of judicial education days each year 1,168 1,075 1,452 667* 1,024 Number of educational events 32 39 43 44 38 Overall satisfaction rating with judicial education events 89% 92% 93% 91% 93% % of attendance by judicial officers at annual conferences 87% 85% 87% 77% 81% % of attendance at magistrates’ induction/orientation programs 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 Average number of training days offered each judicial officer 4.6 4.3 5.8 3.5* 4.7 Average number of training days undertaken by each judicial officer 4 3.7 5 2.2* 3.7 % of judicial officers who attended at least 2 days of judicial training 87% 67% 78% 77% 81% Number of publications (including bench book updates, bulletins, journals, education monographs and training videos) 35 34 34 31 32 Providing legal information (includes research and sentencing) JIRS usage (average page hits each month) 123,338 127,302 136,324 134,476 136,527 % of JIRS availability 99% 99% 99% 99% 99% 3 Number of enhancements to JIRS 5 6 14 10 7 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 1 3 2 2 0 Timely updates to the Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book and Sentencing Bench Book 6 6 8 7 6 3 Lawcodes: % of new and amended offences coded and distributed within 4 days of commencement 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 87% 100% 93% 94% 90% 3 % of complaints examined within 12 months of receipt 100% 100% 100% 99% 100% 3 Complaints received (number) 48 59 44 75 74 – Complaints examined (number) 61 56 40 72 62 – Our people Staff (number) 39 41 41 40 38 – Length of service: 5 years or greater 67% 67% 77% 65% 79% – Our governance Access to information requests 0 0 0 2 0 – Environmental sustainability Total energy used 472 GJ 463 GJ 449 GJ 278 GJ 291 GJ % of recycled paper used 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 Our finances Revenue from NSW Government $4.976 M $5.247 M $3.755 M $6.766 M $5.568 M Retained revenue (sale of goods & services, investment income, etc) $1.037 M $883,000 $738,000 $812,000 $1.041 M Expenditure $5.963 M $6.173 M $5.840 M $6.338 M $6.857 M * The Local Court of NSW Annual Conference was not held in the 2016–17 financial year which accounts for the decline. Looking at the last 5 years Legend 3 target achieved target/output exceeded target not achieved 3