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Legal organisation

Type - Legal organisation
Aboriginal Legal Service
Courts of General and Quarter Sessions
Criminal Court of New South Wales
District Court of New South Wales
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
Law Commission
Metropolitan Children's Court
Public Trustee of New South Wales
Supreme Court of New South Wales

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Legal organisation

Aboriginal Legal Service

Community-led group providing free legal assistance to Aboriginal people. It was the first Aboriginal service to directly challenging government institutions by offering alternative services.

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Courts of General and Quarter Sessions

Known as Quarter Sessions, it was a court which could deal with 'crimes and misdemeanours not punishable by death' and was formalised in New South Wales in 1824 under the provisions of the 'Better Administration of Justice in New South Wales Act 1823'. The court ceased in 1973 when the Quarter Sessions were abolished, establishing one District Court of New South Wales.

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Criminal Court of New South Wales

The Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (established 1823), for dealing with the most serious criminal offences.

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District Court of New South Wales

Intermediate branch of the court system dealing with crime and civil matters not serious enough for the Supreme Court, established in 1858.

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Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

Environmental and planning court responsible for interpreting and enforcing environmental law in the state of New South Wales.

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Law Commission

Commission set up by Governor Fitzroy to investigate and report on the judicial establishments of the colony.

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Metropolitan Children's Court

Court established by the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act, 1905 to hear and determine cases of offences committed by or against children.

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Public Trustee of New South Wales

Government body which provides independent and impartial advice about writing Wills, acting as executor, administering trusts and powers of attorney.

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Supreme Court of New South Wales

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Highest court in New South Wales, which presides over the most serious and important criminal and civil cases.