Local Court of New South Wales

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court of summary jurisdiction inferior court state court

The Local Court of New South Wales is a lower-level state court that primarily handles less serious criminal matters, civil disputes of limited monetary value, and various local and administrative legal issues across New South Wales, Australia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
New South Wales local court system	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of summary jurisdiction ⓘ inferior court ⓘ state court ⓘ
appealsTo	District Court of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
canImpose	community-based sentences ⓘ fines ⓘ short terms of imprisonment ⓘ
civilJurisdictionLimit	up to $100000 ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
establishedBy	Parliament of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) NERFINISHED ⓘ Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) NERFINISHED ⓘ Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) NERFINISHED ⓘ
handles	applications for apprehended domestic violence orders ⓘ applications for apprehended personal violence orders ⓘ civil debt recovery claims ⓘ criminal prosecutions commenced by police ⓘ residential tenancy matters (limited) ⓘ
hasCourtLevel	first instance ⓘ lowest tier in New South Wales court hierarchy ⓘ
hasDivision	Children’s Court of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Coroner’s Court of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Industrial Magistrates Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Small Claims Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasNumberOfCourthouses	more than 100 locations across New South Wales ⓘ
headOfCourt	Chief Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
hears	applications for apprehended violence orders ⓘ bail applications ⓘ civil claims ⓘ committal proceedings ⓘ less serious indictable offences ⓘ local administrative matters ⓘ summary criminal offences ⓘ traffic offences ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	New South Wales ⓘ Sydney ⓘ
operatedBy	Government of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	court system of New South Wales ⓘ judiciary of New South Wales ⓘ
presidedOverBy	magistrates ⓘ
replaced	Courts of Petty Sessions in New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
smallClaimsLimit	up to $20000 ⓘ
uses	Local Court Rules of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
website	https://localcourt.nsw.gov.au ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

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

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

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

Cootamundra Court House → jurisdiction → Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: New South Wales local court system

Bega courthouse → jurisdiction → Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ

subject surface form: Bega Courthouse

this entity surface form: New South Wales local court system

District Court of New South Wales → lowerCourt → Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ

District Court of New South Wales → appealsFrom → Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ