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Appendix 13 Overseas visits • In October 2010, the Commission’s Chief Executive, Mr Ernest Schmatt PSM, in his capacity as a member of the Secretariat of the Asia Pacific Judicial Reform Forum Secretariat, visited Beijing to participate in the Fourth Round Table Meeting of the Forum. The meeting was attended by 105 delegates from 24 countries from the Asia Pacific Region. The theme of the meeting was “Using Technology to Improve Court Performance”. • In May 2011, the Commission’s Chief Executive, Mr Ernest Schmatt PSM and Director, Information Management and Corporate Services, Mr Murali Sagi PSM visited Sri Lanka to participate in the South Asian Judges’ Forum in Colombo and share expertise on enhancing judicial education programs and computerised case management systems. All costs were covered by the Commonwealth Secretariat, London as event organisers. • In June 2011, the Commission’s Chief Executive, Mr Ernest Schmatt PSM, travelled to Beijing to participate in the International Forum on Judicial Training hosted by the National Judges’ College of China. The Forum was based on a Co-operation Agreement between the College, the European Union and the United Nations Development Program. It provided an opportunity to exchange information about developments in judicial education in both civil and common law jurisdictions. Appendix 14 Exchange of information The Commission actively seeks to exchange information with other government agencies, academic institutions and individuals. Since its establishment, the Commission has built strong links with similar organisations in other countries in order to share knowledge and experience, particularly in the areas of judicial education and criminological research. This has proved to be a most valuable network and, as a result, the Commission now holds a wealth of information concerning these subjects. In 2010–11, the Commission had discussions and exchanged information with the following organisations: Australian • Administrative Appeals Tribunal • Administrative Decisions Tribunal • Attorney General’s Department (Cth) • Australian Agency for International Development • Australian Bureau of Statistics • Australian Institute of Criminology • Australian Law Reform Commission • Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration • Australian National University • Bar Association of New South Wales • Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research • Centre for Democratic Institutions (ACT) • College of Law • Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions • Community Relations Commission • Continuing Legal Education Association of Australasia • Council of Australasian Tribunals • Criminal Law Review Division, Department of Attorney General and Justice • Department of Aboriginal Affairs • Department of Commerce, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer • Department of Corrective Services • Department of Attorney General and Justice (NSW) • Department of Justice and Attorney General (Qld) • Department of Juvenile Justice • Department of Premier and Cabinet • Federal Court of Australia • High Court of Australia • Independent Commission Against Corruption • Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney • International Development Law Organisation • Judicial College of Victoria • Judicial Conference of Australia • Law and Justice Foundation of NSW • Law Institute of Victoria • Law Society of NSW • Legal Aid Commission • Macquarie University Law School • Monash University Law School (Vic) • National Judicial College of Australia • New South Wales Law Reform Commission • NSW Office of State Revenue • NSW Police Force • NSW Sentencing Council • Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) • Ombudsman’s Office of NSW • Parliamentary Counsel’s Office • Public Defenders Office (NSW) • Roads and Traffic Authority • Sentencing Council (NSW) • Sentencing Advisory Council (Vic) • Supreme Court of Western Australia • University of Melbourne Law School (Vic) • University of NSW Faculty of Law • University of Sydney Faculty of Law • University of Technology, Sydney • University of Western Sydney • University of Wollongong Faculty of Law • Workers Compensation Commission Appendix 14 — Exchange of information 133
Appendices Appendix 14: Exchange of information continued International • American Judicature Society • Asia Pacific Judicial Educators Forum, Manila • Asia Pacific Judicial Reform Forum • Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges • Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, Halifax, Canada • Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association, United Kingdom • Court of Appeal for Ontario, Canada • Court of Appeal, Seychelles • Federal Court, Malaysia • High Court of Delhi, New Delhi, India • High Court of Malaya • High Court of Sabah and Sarawak • High Court of the Solomon Islands • Institute of Judicial Studies, New Zealand • International Association of Women Judges • International Organisation for Judicial Training, Israel • Judicial Education Reference, Information and Technical Transfer (JERITT) Project, Michigan, USA • Judiciary of England and Wales • Magisterial Services of Papua New Guinea • Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia • Michigan Judicial Institute, USA • National and Supreme Courts of Papua New Guinea • National Association of State Judicial Educators, Michigan, USA • National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, India • National Judicial Institute, Canada • Philippines Judicial Academy, Manila • Subordinate Courts of Singapore • Supreme Court of Bangladesh • Supreme Court of Canada • Supreme Court of Indonesia • Supreme Court of the Maldives • Supreme Court of Nepal • Supreme Court of the Philippines • Supreme Court of Singapore • Supreme Court of Sri Lanka • Supreme People’s Court, Beijing, China • University of Toronto, Canada • University of Windsor, Canada • York University, Canada Appendix 15 Presentations by Commission officers • “Innovation in Government”, presentation by Mr M Sagi PSM at Telstra Enterprise and Government Sales Conference, Melbourne, 27 July 2010 • Facilitation by Ms Ruth Windeler in Faculty Development Programs in both Sydney and Adelaide in September 2010 conducted by the National Judicial College of Australia in conjunction with the Commission, AIJA, Judicial College of Victoria and the Institute of Judicial Studies in New Zealand • “Familiarisation/Orientation”, presentation by Ms R Windeler at the National Judicial Orientation Program, Fremantle, Western Australia, 24 October 2010 • “The Judicial Information Research System”, presentation by Mr E Schmatt PSM at the Asia Pacific Judicial Reform Forum, Beijing, China, 27 October 2010 • “Designing Relevant and Stimulating Education Activities: Current Trends in Continuing Judicial Education”, a paper prepared by Ms Ruth Windeler for the CLEAA Annual Conference, 28–29 October 2010, Sydney • “Familiarisation/Orientation”, presentation by Ms R Windeler at the Magistrates’ Orientation Program, Kiama, 28 November 2010 • “Judicial Communication”, presentation by Ms R Windeler at the Magistrates’ Orientation Program, Kiama, 30 November 2010 • “Familiarisation/Orientation”, presentation by Ms R Windeler at the National Judicial Orientation Program, Coogee, NSW, 10 April 2011 • “Occupational Health and Safety Database”, presentation by Mr M Sagi PSM at the Industrial Relations Commission, Sydney, 9 May 2011 • “Continuing Judicial Education”, presentation by Mr E Schmatt PSM at the Commonwealth Secretariat South Asian Judges Regional Forum on Economic and Financial Crime, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15 May 2011 • “Better Decision Making with Technology”, presentation by Mr E Schmatt PSM at the Commonwealth Secretariat South Asian Judges Regional Forum on Economic and Financial Crime, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15 May 2011 • “Case Management — Best Practice”, presentation by Mr M Sagi PSM at the Commonwealth Secretariat South Asian Judges Regional Forum on Economic and Financial Crime, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15 May 2011 • “Introduction to the work of the Judicial Commission of NSW”, Presentation by Ms Pierrette Mizzi to lawyers of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, 16 May 2011 • “JIRS Demonstration”, presentation by Mr M Sagi PSM at the ACT Supreme Court, Canberra, 28 June 2011 134 Judicial Commission of NSW Annual Report 2010–11
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