Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
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The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest court in the ACT, handling serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the territory’s principal court of record.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory canonical | 12 |
| Supreme courts of Australian states and territories | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T237510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory Context triple: [Australian Capital Territory, hasJudicialBody, Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory]
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A.
Supreme Court of Singapore
The Supreme Court of Singapore is the highest court in Singapore’s judiciary, comprising the High Court and the Court of Appeal and handling major civil and criminal cases as well as constitutional matters.
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B.
Supreme Court of New Zealand
The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the country’s highest appellate court, established in 2004 to replace appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.
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C.
Third Petty Bench
The Third Petty Bench is one of the small specialized panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a subset of the court’s appellate caseload.
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D.
People’s Supreme Court
The People’s Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in Cuba, overseeing the administration of justice and interpreting national law within the country’s socialist legal system.
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E.
Parliament of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales is the bicameral state legislature of New South Wales, Australia, comprising the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory Target entity description: The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest court in the ACT, handling serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the territory’s principal court of record.
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A.
Supreme Court of Singapore
The Supreme Court of Singapore is the highest court in Singapore’s judiciary, comprising the High Court and the Court of Appeal and handling major civil and criminal cases as well as constitutional matters.
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B.
Supreme Court of New Zealand
The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the country’s highest appellate court, established in 2004 to replace appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.
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C.
Third Petty Bench
The Third Petty Bench is one of the small specialized panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a subset of the court’s appellate caseload.
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D.
People’s Supreme Court
The People’s Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in Cuba, overseeing the administration of justice and interpreting national law within the country’s socialist legal system.
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E.
Parliament of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales is the bicameral state legislature of New South Wales, Australia, comprising the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court
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superior court of record ⓘ trial court ⓘ |
| buildingCompletedInYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| canHearAppealsTo |
Federal Court of Australia
ⓘ
High Court of Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| createdBy | Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cth) ⓘ |
| establishedInYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | ACT Supreme Court ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Courts and tribunals of the Australian Capital Territory
ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Supreme courts of Australian states and territories
|
| hasChiefJustice | Lucy McCallum ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Court of Appeal of the Australian Capital Territory
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trial division ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
hearing of indictable criminal offences
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hearing of significant civil disputes ⓘ interpretation and application of the law in the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ judicial review of administrative decisions within its jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
appeals from certain tribunals in the Australian Capital Territory
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appeals from the Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ serious civil matters in the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ serious criminal matters in the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfJudges | several puisne judges ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme ⓘ |
| hasSeal | Coat of Arms of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| hasStyleOfChiefJustice |
Chief Justice
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surface form:
The Honourable Chief Justice
|
| hasStyleOfJudges | The Honourable Justice ⓘ |
| headedBy | Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| hearsAppealsAs | full court in its appellate jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hearsAppealsFrom | Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| hearsCasesUnder |
laws of the Australian Capital Territory
ⓘ
relevant Commonwealth laws ⓘ |
| isHighestCourtOf |
Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context)
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian Capital Territory
|
| isPartOf | court system of Australia ⓘ |
| isPrincipalCourtOfRecordOf |
Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context)
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian Capital Territory
|
| jurisdiction |
Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context)
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian Capital Territory
|
| legalSystem | Australian legal system ⓘ |
| legalTradition | common law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context)
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surface form:
Australian Capital Territory
Knowles Place, Canberra City ⓘ Law Courts of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| location | Canberra ⓘ |
| partOf | judiciary of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| replacedBuilding | original ACT Supreme Court building opened in 1963 ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory Description of subject: The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest court in the ACT, handling serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the territory’s principal court of record.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context)
→
hasJudicialBody
→
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Australian Capital Territory
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
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hasCategory
→
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Supreme courts of Australian states and territories
Law Courts of the Australian Capital Territory
→
houses
→
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
ⓘ
Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory
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appealsTo
→
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
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subject surface form:
Trial Division of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
subject surface form:
Trial Division of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
→
partOf
→
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
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headOf
→
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
ⓘ
Court of Appeal of the Australian Capital Territory
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partOf
→
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
ⓘ
Court of Appeal of the Australian Capital Territory
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reviewsDecisionsFrom
→
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
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subject surface form:
territory courts of Australia