Common law of New South Wales

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body of judge-made law common law legal system

The Common law of New South Wales is the body of judge-made legal principles and precedents that underpins and guides the operation of the state’s legal system alongside statute law.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
New South Wales law	0	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of judge-made law → common law → legal system →
appliesInJurisdiction	New South Wales →
basedOn	case law → judicial precedent →
coexistsWith	statute law of New South Wales →
constrainedBy	Australian Constitution → surface form: Constitution of Australia statutes of the Parliament of Australia → statutes of the Parliament of New South Wales →
coversArea	administrative law principles → contract law → criminal law principles → equity → evidence law principles → property law → tort law →
developedBy	District Court of New South Wales → courts of New South Wales → surface form: Local Court of New South Wales Supreme Court of New South Wales → courts of New South Wales →
historicallyDerivedFrom	English law received in New South Wales → common law of the Colony of New South Wales →
influencedBy	English law → surface form: English common law
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of New South Wales → surface form: Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal Supreme Court of New South Wales → surface form: Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
language	English →
legalSystemType	adversarial system →
legalTradition	Anglo-Australian common law tradition →
modifiedBy	judgments of the High Court of Australia → local statutes →
overriddenBy	inconsistent Commonwealth legislation within constitutional power → inconsistent New South Wales legislation →
partOf	legal system of New South Wales →
providesFrameworkFor	interpretation of New South Wales legislation →
recognisesPrinciple	duty of care in negligence → fiduciary duties → legal professional privilege → natural justice → privilege against self-incrimination → vicarious liability →
sourceFor	legal reasoning in New South Wales courts →
subjectTo	High Court of Australia →
usesDoctrine	obiter dicta → ratio decidendi → stare decisis →

Referenced by (2)

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

Central Coast Council → followsLegalSystem → Common law of New South Wales →

this entity surface form: New South Wales law

Governor of New South Wales → legalSystem → Common law of New South Wales →