District Court of New South Wales

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court of record intermediate court trial court

The District Court of New South Wales is an intermediate-level trial court in the Australian state of New South Wales that hears serious criminal and civil matters and contributes to the development of the state’s common law.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
District Court of New South Wales canonical	5
NSW District Court	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of record ⓘ intermediate court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	District Court of New South Wales ⓘ surface form: NSW District Court
appealsFrom	Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ
appealsTo	Court of Appeal of New South Wales ⓘ Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales ⓘ
applies	common law of Australia ⓘ statute law of New South Wales ⓘ
canAward	damages in civil proceedings ⓘ
canImpose	substantial terms of imprisonment ⓘ
canSit	with or without a jury in civil cases ⓘ
contributesTo	development of New South Wales common law ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
courtHierarchyLevel	intermediate ⓘ
employs	associate judges ⓘ judges ⓘ registrars ⓘ
establishedBy	Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
fundedBy	Government of New South Wales ⓘ
governedBy	District Court Act 1973 (NSW) ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	all of New South Wales except where jurisdiction is excluded by statute ⓘ
hasBuilding	John Maddison Tower ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the District Court of New South Wales ⓘ
hasDivision	appeals jurisdiction ⓘ civil jurisdiction ⓘ criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	civil claims above Local Court jurisdictional limit ⓘ indictable offences ⓘ
hasSeal	Coat of arms of New South Wales ⓘ surface form: Coat of Arms of New South Wales
hasWebsite	https://www.districtcourt.justice.nsw.gov.au ⓘ
headquartersLocation	John Maddison Tower, Sydney ⓘ
hearsFrom	committals from the Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ
higherCourt	Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	New South Wales ⓘ Sydney ⓘ
lowerCourt	Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ
partOf	court system of Australia ⓘ judiciary of New South Wales ⓘ
regionServed	New South Wales ⓘ surface form: state of New South Wales
subjectTo	oversight by the Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
typeOfCasesHeard	civil matters ⓘ serious criminal matters ⓘ
uses	jury trials in criminal cases ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Common law of New South Wales → developedBy → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

courts of New South Wales → hasIntermediateCourt → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

courts of New South Wales → hasCriminalJurisdiction → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

courts of New South Wales → hasCivilJurisdiction → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Supreme Court of New South Wales → handlesAppealsFrom → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

District Court of New South Wales → alsoKnownAs → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: NSW District Court