Children's Court of NSW Resource Handbook March 2025 update

Update 21, March 2025

Care and protection matters

Important cases have been updated, with new cases included in the following areas:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander placement principles at [3-1000]
• Adoption at [3-1020]
• Bias at [3-1040]
• Change in circumstances/rescission or variation of care plans at [3-1100]
• Contact orders at [3-1140]
• Jurisdiction at [3-1280]
• Parens patriae at [3-1340]
• Permanency planning at [3-1380]
• Unacceptable risk at [3-1460].

Articles and other resources

• Abstract and a link to J Cashmore, “Procedural justice and the impact of court and other decision-making processes on children and families in the child protection system” (2024) 46(2) Children Australia 3035 at [7-9000] included.

Criminal matters

Important cases have been updated, with new cases included in the following areas:

• Admission of evidence at [9-1000]
• Bail at [9-1100]
• Contempt at [9-1130]
• Non-publication and suppression orders at [9-1300]
• Sentencing
  • Severity appeal at [9-1340]
  • Aggregate sentence at [9-1344].

Articles and other resources has been updated:

• Abstract and a link to “Youth justice in Australia 2022–2023”, published in 2024 by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, added at [12-3000]
• Abstract and a link to C Akthar and R Carty, “What do I need to know about representing children?”, 2nd ed, Legal Aid NSW, 2022 included at [12-9700].