courts of Australia

E377726

apex court court system federal court intermediate courts judicial system lower courts superior court of record

The courts of Australia comprise a hierarchical system of federal, state, and territory courts responsible for interpreting and applying Australian law, resolving disputes, and enforcing legal rights and obligations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
ACT Courts and Tribunal system	1
Commonwealth courts	1
courts of Australia canonical	1
federal courts of Australia	1
federal tribunals of Australia	1
state courts of Australia	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	apex court ⓘ court system ⓘ court system ⓘ court system ⓘ court system ⓘ federal court ⓘ federal court ⓘ intermediate courts ⓘ judicial system ⓘ lower courts ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ
allows	appeals between levels of courts ⓘ
appliesLaw	Australian law ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
establishedBy	Australian Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Australia
establishedInYear	1903 ⓘ
governedByPrinciple	separation of powers ⓘ
hasComponent	Family Court of Australia ⓘ Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia ⓘ surface form: Federal Circuit Court of Australia Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia ⓘ Federal Court of Australia ⓘ Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ Supreme Court of Queensland ⓘ Supreme Court of South Australia ⓘ Supreme Court of Tasmania ⓘ Supreme Court of Victoria ⓘ Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ Supreme Court of the Northern Territory ⓘ federal courts of Australia ⓘ courts of Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: state courts of Australia territory courts of Australia ⓘ
hasFunction	dispute resolution ⓘ enforcement of legal obligations ⓘ enforcement of legal rights ⓘ interpretation of law ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Australian Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Australia appeals from federal courts ⓘ appeals from state and territory supreme courts ⓘ civil matters under federal law ⓘ complex family law matters ⓘ family law matters ⓘ federal law of Australia ⓘ general federal law matters ⓘ major civil matters ⓘ minor civil claims ⓘ serious criminal matters ⓘ some summary criminal matters under federal law ⓘ summary criminal matters ⓘ
hasLowerCourts	District and County Courts of Australia ⓘ magistrates’ courts ⓘ surface form: Magistrates Courts of Australia
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
isOrganisedAs	hierarchical system ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel	federal ⓘ state ⓘ
locatedIn	Canberra ⓘ all Australian states and territories ⓘ
numberOfJustices	7 ⓘ
overseenBy	judiciary of Australia ⓘ
recognises	doctrine of precedent ⓘ
separateFrom	Executive Government of the Commonwealth ⓘ surface form: Executive Government of Australia Parliament of Australia ⓘ
topCourt	High Court of Australia ⓘ
usesLegalSystem	common law ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 → enforcedBy → courts of Australia ⓘ

Federal Court of Australia → reviewsDecisionsOf → courts of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: federal tribunals of Australia

ACT Supreme Court → partOf → courts of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: ACT Courts and Tribunal system

Acts of the Parliament of Australia → bindingOn → courts of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth courts

Commonwealth government → judicialBody → courts of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: federal courts of Australia

courts of Australia → hasComponent → courts of Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: state courts of Australia