Preliminary

Disqualification for bias

[1-0000] Introduction
[1-0010] Actual bias
[1-0020] Apprehended bias
[1-0030] Procedure
[1-0040] Circumstances arising outside the hearing calling for consideration
[1-0050] Circumstances arising during the hearing
[1-0060] Immunity from suit
[1-0080] Further references

Media access to court records, exhibits and judgment remarks

[1-0200] Principle of open justice
[1-0210] Supreme Court procedure
[1-0220] District Court procedure
[1-0230] Local Court procedure
[1-0240] Broadcast of judgments
Legislation
Rules
Practice Notes
Further references

Closed court, suppression and non-publication orders

[1-0400] The principle of open justice
[1-0410] Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010
[1-0420] Common law in relation to suppression and non-publication orders
[1-0430] Other statutory provisions empowering non-publication orders
[1-0440] Self-executing provisions
[1-0450] Closed court
Legislation
Further references

Legal aid and pro bono procedures

[1-0600] Pro bono schemes in NSW
[1-0610] Court-based scheme
Legislation
Rules

Unrepresented litigants and lay advisers

[1-0800] Introduction
[1-0810] The role of the court
[1-0820] Permissible intervention or assistance
[1-0840] Assistance of lay advocates
[1-0850] McKenzie friend
[1-0860] Amicus curiae
[1-0863] Role of represented litigant and its legal representative
[1-0865] Splintered advocacy
[1-0870] Employed solicitors
[1-0880] Companies and corporations
[1-0890] Local Court
Legislation
Rules
Further references

Interpreters

[1-0900] Introduction
[1-0910] Legal issues
[1-0920] Resources
[1-0930] Implementation
Practice Notes

The Judicial Commission of NSW, an independent statutory corporation, is part of the judicial arm of government. It was established by the Judicial Officers Act 1986.

We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which the Commission is based, and pay respect to their Elders past and present.