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The following is a list of courts and tribunals in New South Wales:


List of sitting boards, commissions, courts, and tribunals


Sitting courts

The primary courts currently sitting in New South Wales are: *
Court of Appeal of New South Wales A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to Adjudication, adjudicate legal disputes between Party (law), parties and carry out the administration of justice in Civil law (common law), civil, C ...
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Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, is the highest court for criminal matters and has appellate jurisdiction in the Australian State of New South Wales. Jurisdiction The Court hears appea ...
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Supreme Court of New South Wales The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the state in civil matters, and hears the most serious criminal matters. Whilst the Supreme Court ...
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Land and Environment Court of New South Wales The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales is a court within the Australian court hierarchy established pursuant to the to hear environmental, development, building and planning disputes. The Court’s jurisdiction, confined to the state ...
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District Court of New South Wales The District Court of New South Wales is the intermediate court in the judicial hierarchy of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is a trial court and has an appellate jurisdiction. In addition, the Judges of the Court preside over a rang ...
* Local Court of New South Wales Additional, specialist courts include: * Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court *
Children's Court of New South Wales The Children's Court of New South Wales is a court within the Australian court hierarchy established in 1905. The current iteration was established on 18 January 1988 pursuant to the which deals with criminal offences committed by children aged ...
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Children's Court Clinic The Children's Court Clinic in New South Wales, part of the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, is a medico-legal clinic established pursuant to Section 15B of the and the '' Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998'' (NSW ...
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Coroner's Court of New South Wales The Coroner's Court of New South Wales is the court in the Australian state of New South Wales where legal proceedings, in the form of an inquest or inquiry, are held and presided over by the State Coroner of New South Wales (or NSW State Coron ...
* Court of Disputed Returns of New South Wales * Court of Marine Inquiry of New South Wales *
Drug Court of New South Wales The Drug Court of New South Wales is an inferior court constituted as a court of record within the Australian court hierarchy with its jurisdiction limited to New South Wales, Australia. It is a specialist court that deals with criminal offences ...
* Warden Court * Youth Drug and Alcohol Court of New South Wales https://nswbar.asn.au/docs/webdocs/court_structure_2018.pdf * Youth Koori Court


Sitting tribunals

* Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales *
Government and Related Employees Tribunal of New South Wales A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
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Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales (IPART) is an independent regulatory and pricing tribunal that oversees regulation in water, gas, electricity and transport industries in the Australian state of New South Wales. ...
* Marine Appeal Tribunal *
Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales The Mental Health Review Tribunal of New South Wales is a specialist tribunal dealing with mental health issues in New South Wales, a state of Australia. It has exclusive jurisdiction in terms of most mental health issues, although it may shar ...
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New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) is a civil law and administrative law tribunal in New South Wales established by statute on 1 January 2014. It replaced and aggregated the matters of a number of disparate tribunals. ...


Sitting boards and councils

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New South Wales Sentencing Council The New South Wales Sentencing Council is an advisory body established by the New South Wales Government to provide guidelines and to promote consistency in sentencing of offenders in New South Wales, a state of Australia. The council provides ad ...
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Transport Appeal Boards of New South Wales Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, ...


Sitting commissions

* Independent Commission Against Corruption *
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales The Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales conciliates and arbitrates industrial disputes, sets conditions of employment and fixes wages and salaries by making industrial awards, approves enterprise agreements and decides claims of u ...
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Judicial Commission of New South Wales The Judicial Commission of New South Wales is an independent statutory corporation of the New South Wales Government that provides sentencing information and continuing education to and examines complaints made against judicial officers in New So ...
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Workers Compensation Commission of New South Wales The Personal Injury Commission resolves disputes between people injured in motor accidents and workplaces in NSW, insurers and employers. The Personal Injury Commission was established by the ''Personal Injury Commission Act'' ''2020'' (NSW) and ...


List of abolished boards, courts and tribunals


Abolished boards

* Coal Compensation Board of New South Wales *Local Land Boards


Abolished courts

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Compensation Court of New South Wales Compensation may refer to: *Financial compensation *Compensation (chess), various advantages a player has in exchange for a disadvantage * ''Compensation'' (essay), by Ralph Waldo Emerson * ''Compensation'' (film), a 2000 film *Compensation (psych ...
(1984–2004) *
Court of Arbitration (New South Wales) A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance ...
(1902–1908) *Court of Industrial Arbitration of New South Wales (1912–1926) *
Court of Civil Jurisdiction The Court of Civil Jurisdiction was a court established in the late 18th century, in the colony of New South Wales which subsequently became a state of Australia. The court had jurisdiction to deal with all civil disputes in the then fledgling colo ...
(1787–1814) * Court of Coal Mines Regulation of New South Wales (1984–2006) * Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (1787–1823) *
Governors Court The Governors Court was a court established in the early 19th century in the colony of New South Wales. The colony was subsequently to become a state of Australia in 1901. The court had jurisdiction to deal with civil disputes where the amount ...
(1814–1823) *Industrial Court of New South Wales (1908–1912) * Industrial Court of New South Wales (1996–2016) *
Lieutenant Governor's Court The Lieutenant Governor's Court was a court established in the early 19th century in the colony of Van Diemen's Land which subsequently became Tasmania, a state of Australia. The court had jurisdiction to deal with civil disputes where the amou ...
(Van Dieman's Land) (1814–1823) *
Land and Valuation Court of New South Wales {{Use dmy dates, date=May 2018 The Land and Valuation Court of New South Wales was a court which had jurisdiction to deal with disputes concerning crown land in New South Wales. It replaced the Land Court of New South Wales on 10 December 1921 and ...
(1921–1979) *
Supreme Court of Civil Judicature The Supreme Court of Civil Judicature of New South Wales was a court established in the early 19th century in the colony of New South Wales. The colony was subsequently to become a state of Australia in 1901. The court had jurisdiction to deal wit ...
(1814–1824) *
Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip The Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip was an historical division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, exercising the jurisdiction of that court within the Port Phillip District of New South Wales. It consisted ...
(1840–1852) *
Vice Admiralty Court (New South Wales) The Vice Admiralty Court was a prerogative court established in the late 18th century in the colony of New South Wales, which was to become a state of Australia. A vice admiralty court is in effect an admiralty court. The word "vice" in the name ...
(1823–1970) *
Warden's Court A warden's court is a special court established to deal with disputes relating to mining and mineral tenements. It is presided over by a mining warden. Historically all Australian states had warden's courts, which were established in the late 19 ...
(1874–2009) * Youth Drug and Alcohol Court of New South Wales (2000–2012)


Abolished tribunals

*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Tribunal *Aboriginal Land Councils Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal *
Administrative Decisions Tribunal of New South Wales The Administrative Decisions Tribunal of New South Wales (ADT) was established in 1997 and was replaced in 2014 by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). It did not have general jurisdiction, but had various jurisdictions conferred by ...
*Charity Referees *Chinese Medicine Tribunal *Chiropractic Tribunal * Coal Compensation Review Tribunal of New South Wales *
Community Services Appeals Tribunal The Community Services Appeal Tribunal was an independent tribunal established in the State of New South Wales to deal with breaches of community welfare legislation, as well as handling appeals against licensing decisions in respect of child care ...
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Compensation Court of New South Wales Compensation may refer to: *Financial compensation *Compensation (chess), various advantages a player has in exchange for a disadvantage * ''Compensation'' (essay), by Ralph Waldo Emerson * ''Compensation'' (film), a 2000 film *Compensation (psych ...
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Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal of New South Wales The Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal of New South Wales was a tribunal that specialises in resolving consumer disputes in New South Wales, a state of Australia. The tribunal has concurrent jurisdiction in respect of certain consumer claims wit ...
*Dental Tribunal *
Fair Trading Tribunal of New South Wales {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2018 The Fair Trading Tribunal of New South Wales was a tribunal that had jurisdiction to deal with consumer disputes in New South Wales. It was established on 1 March 1999 and it was abolished on 25 February 2002. Hist ...
* Gaming Tribunal of New South Wales * Government and Related Employees Appeals Tribunal of New South Wales *
Guardianship Tribunal of New South Wales The Guardianship Tribunal of New South Wales, a former tribunal, specialist disability tribunal of the Government of New South Wales for people with cognitive incapacity, or disability operated between 1989 and 2013. The Tribunal was superseded b ...
* Local Government Pecuniary Interest Tribunal of New South Wales * Marine Appeal Tribunal *Medical Radiation Practice Tribunal * Medical Tribunal of New South Wales * Nursing and Midwifery Tribunal *Occupational Therapy Tribunal *Optometry Tribunal *Osteopathy Tribunal *Pharmacy Tribunal * Physiotherapy Tribunal *Podiatry Tribunal *
Police Tribunal of New South Wales The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest an ...
*Psychology Tribunal * Residential Tribunal of New South Wales * Victims Compensation Tribunal of New South Wales *Vocational Training Appeals Panel


References

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