Court hierarchy

1. Court Hierarchy

2. CHILDRENS COURT
By NJ, JH, HP

3. Structure
The children's courts sits at the bottom of the court
hierarchy alongside the local court.
There is one judge, magistrates
there are no public members allowed inside and there is
also no jury.

4. Personnel
Judges and Magistrates wear black robes but no wigs.
There are no Juries in the Children’s Court.
Court is closed to general public.
CCAS are the Children’s Court Assistance Scheme workers volunteer to
come to court and help by assisting you.
Sheriff, Police Officers that are often called as witnesses.

5. Jurisdiction
❏ The Children's Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine proceedings in respect of any offence, other than
serious children's indictable offences and certain traffic offences.
❏ The court hears proceedings in respect any indictable offence This mainly includes a serious children’s indictable
offence like homicide and armed robbery which could see the child face more than 25 years imprisonment.
❏ Whereas, if you receive a traffic it must occur out of the same circumstances as another offence that is alleged
to have been committed by the person which is being dealt with by the Children's Court.
❏ If the offence is alleged to have been committed by a person who is either a child when he/she committed the
offence or if the child was under the age 21 years.

6. Examples & location
2 George St, Parramatta NSW 2150 Parramatta Children's Court, Address
This is the main Children's court in NSW

7. Coroner’s Court
By Adem, Milan & Max

8. Structure
Hierarchy:
The Coroner's Court is in the state stream of
the Australian court hierarchy, and its operation
is defined by state legislation.

9. Personnel
Coroners in Australia are lawyers and nowadays are mostly
judicial officers.
Important people in Coroner’s Court: Must be a magistrate,
elected by the governor of NSW
- State Coroner
Oversee the court and coronial services, as well as
investigate the issue
- Deputy State Coroner
- People involved with the incident

10. Jurisdiction/Cases heard at this court
The State Coroner ensures that all deaths, suspected deaths, fires and explosions
are properly investigated and they also hold jurisdiction over the remains of a
body.

11. Locations in NSW
The Coroner’s court of NSW is located on Parramatta Road in Glebe.

12. Local Court
By Zack Ball, Ben Robson, Harrison Conyngham

13. Structure of Court
Local courts are the 1st Tier of the Court structure. They are the lowest criminal
courts and have little power. Defects all highly serious cases to the district court.
This court has no judge or jury and all matters are heard by a Magistrate who
hands down the final judgement.

14. Personnel in court
- Prosecution, Defence, Magistrate, Witnesses, Court Officers, General
Public/Media, Police and Assistant lawyers (Both sides)
- The Local Court of New South Wales is the lowest court in the judicial hierarchy
of the state of New South Wales and of Australia.
- Which means it requires significantly less personnel as they mainly deal with
petty crimes

15. Jurisdiction of the Court
Hears petty crimes that are both Civil and Criminal:
- Monetary claims (up to $100,000)
- Mental Health Issues
- Family law/Child care
- First stage of lesser criminal hearings (Stealing, Speeding, Drug abuse etc.)
- Licensing issues that are less than $100,000
- Industrial and mining matters
- Children and coroner courts are subsections of the local court
- Hands out punishments of Jail, Community Service, Fines and forceful Rehabilitation programs

16. Examples/Locations
Waverly Court in Sydney: Sydney Central local Court: (151
Bronte Rd, Waverley NSW 2024) (98 Liverpool St, Sydney NSW 2000)

17. The District Court

18. What is the District Court?
The District Court of NSW is the
intermediate court (the middle court on the
hierarchy) of the NSW state courts.
There are full time sittings at the CBD of
Sydney, Parramatta, Penrith,
Campbelltown, Newcastle, Gosford,
Wollongong and Lismore.

19. Personnel in Court
The Personnel in a district court are as followed
The accused
The judge
The judge’s associate
Crown prosecutor and a legal clerk
Defence lawyers
The Jury
The bailiff

20. Jurisdiction of Court
-The District Court deals with all crimes with the exception of murder, treason and
piracy.
-The court also deals with all motor accident cases and money claimed up to the
amount of $750,000.
-The court is also allowed to deal with family and compensation issues.

21. The District Courts
The chief Justice of the NSW District Court is Derek Michael Price.
The district court can sit at a number of locations including Campbelltown, the
CBD, Parramatta, Penrith and Wollongong.

22. Supreme Court

23. Structure of Court
- Second highest court in court hierarchy
- The Supreme Court is the highest in NSW and
deals with the most serious criminal
- The Supreme Court also deals with appeals from
the two lower courts.

24. Personnel of Court (Roles)
Accused
Associate judge
Barrister
Bench Clerk
Defence Solicitor or duty solicitor
Informant
Judge
Magistrate
Plaintiff, Complainant or applicant
Prosecutor
Registrar
Respondent
Tipstaff

25. ● The supreme Court has both original and appellate jurisdiction.
● The court has original jurisdiction over cases involving two or more states and all
cases brought against ambassadors or other public ministers.
● Most cases heard by only the court are appeals cases. The court hears only one to
two cases per year.
Jurisdiction of the supreme court

26. Examples/Locations in NSW
Law Courts Building, 184 Phillip St, Sydney NSW 2000