Court Lists
Foundation Law: Other Court Lists
General Legal Research Databases for Australian
Legislation and Case law
By far the best place to look for Australian legislation and case law is Austlii.
Defender Bank- Public Defender's Resources and Precedents
Specific Case law Databases
NSW Court of Criminal Appeal 1999-
Some Frequently Used Legislation
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act
Criminal Appeal Act
Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act
Very Useful Reports on the Evidence Act
ALRC Report No. 28: Evidence (interim) (1985)
ALRC Report No. 38: Evidence (1987)
The Bench Book On-Line
Judicial Commission's Bench Book On-Line
Some Legal Aid Scales for Criminal Matters
District Court- solicitors fees in District Court appeals
District Court- fee for solicitor advocate/uninstructed counsel
District and Supreme Court- solicitors fees for instructing counsel
District Court- Counsel's fees
CCA and High Court Counsel's fees
Psychological/psychiatric reports
Some Institutions
Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales
NSW Bar Association Find a Barrister
Law Society Members' Directory
NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Australian Law Reform Commission
Advocacy
Irving Youger's 10 Rules of Cross-Examination
Some Interstate Sites
It is normally easier to search for interstate cases and legislation using Austlii, but here are alternative sources.
Queensland
Queensland Legislation (from Office of Parliamentary Counsel)
Tasmania
Western Australia
Western Australian Legislation
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Supreme Court
Northern Territory Legislation
United Kingdom
BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute)
New Zealand Court of Appeal 1998-
New Zealand Ministry of Justice
Canadian Department of Justice (statutes)
Supreme Court of Canada Judgments (1989-
Duhaime's
Canadian Criminal Law Centre
Hong
Kong 'BLIS' ('Bilingual Information Service')
United
States Supreme Court (through Cornell University) (1990-