Criminal law
A number of Legal Aid NSW panels focus on the criminal law jurisdiction.
Among them are the Summary Crime, Indictable Crime Solicitor and Child Crime panels. For information on applying for appointment to a Legal Aid NSW panel see the Panels, monitoring and compliance web page.
Covid-19 resources
- COVID-19 Bail Application Submissions - Public Defenders - 22 March 2020
- COVID-19 Sentence Submissions - Jeremy Styles - 22 March 2020
- Dr Andrew Ellis - Psychiatric Report - Impact of COVID-19 on Client Mental Health
- Report on COVID-19 and the Impact on Prisoners - 17 April 2020
Costs recovery
- Costs recovery FAQs
- Costs recovery checklist for practitioners (pdf)
- Recovering costs in criminal matters (pdf)
Summary criminal law
- Crimes Amendment (Intimate Images) Act 2017
- Children's criminal records and convictions (pdf)
- Compulsory Schooling Orders under the Education Act 1990
- Crimes Act 1900
- Criminal Procedure Act 1986
- General criminal law guide to claiming fees (pdf)
- Guide to preparing a defended hearing in the local court
- Local Court defended hearing policy changes - FAQs
- Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021 – A short guide for lawyers (pdf)
- Mandatory Disease Testing - Tipsheet for lawyers (pdf)
- Parliamentary library resources (legislation, court and tribunal decisions, key national bodies)
- Reading a criminal record
- Spent convictions (pdf)
Driver disqualification reforms
- Driver Disqualification Reforms, Duty and Panel Lawyers' Handbook - a guide to the Road Transport Amendment (Driver Licence Disqualification) Act 2017
- Drive Disqualified Reforms - Legal Practitioners' Handbook
- Removal of Driver Disqualifications - Tip Sheet for Lawyers
Domestic violence
Indictable criminal law
- The Public Defenders office
- The Director of Public Prosecutions NSW - Prosecution guidelines
- The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
Conference papers
- Criminal law 2021 conference papers
- Criminal law 2018 conference papers
- Children's Legal Service Conference 2018
- Criminal law 2017 conference papers
- Criminal law 2016 conference papers
- Children's Legal Service 2015 conference papers
- Children's Legal Service 2014 conference papers
- Children's Legal Service 2013 conference papers
- Criminal law 2012 conference papers
- Children's Legal Service 2012 conference papers