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Index
Entries in italics indicate compliance with
statutory reporting requirements
A
Aboriginal cultural awareness program –
see Ngara Yura Program
access to Government information . . . 85, 135
after balance date events having a
significant effect in succeeding year . . . . 113
assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Audit and Risk Management
Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83–4
compliance with Treasury
guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
meeting attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
auditor-general reports, responses to . . . . 136
B
bench books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 35, 130
committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Bureau of Crime Statistics and
Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34, 58
C
case management systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chief Executive’s message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
China
best practice in judicial training . . . . . . . 61
Civil Trials Bench Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 21
code of conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Commission meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Commission management team . . . . . . 79–80
Commission members . . . . . . . . . . . . 76–8, 81
attendance at meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
conflicts of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
names and qualifications . . . . . . . . . . 76–8
remuneration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83–4, 122–3
community – see partners
Community Relations Commission,
agreement with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
complaints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39–49
Attorney General, referral from . . . . . . . . 47
AVO proceedings, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
basis of allegation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
benchmarking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
bias, allegation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 48
case studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47–8
challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 48
Conduct Division, finalisation . . . . . . . 46–7
Conduct Division, referral to. . . 42, 117–18
criteria for dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
dealing with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 116–18
decrease 2010–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
delay and impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
discourtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
dismissal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 45, 117
effective complaints process,
providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41–4
examination of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39–49
failure to give fair hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
five-year comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
formal complaints governance . . . . . . . . 42
further action, complaints requiring . . . . 42
guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116–20
head of jurisdiction, referral to . . . . . . . . 46
how to make. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
inappropriate comments . . . . . . . . . 47, 49
inappropriate conduct towards legal
practitioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
incompetence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
informal enquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 47
information about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
judicial accountability . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45–9
judicial officers, against, guidelines . . 116–18
key results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
key services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
magistrates’ behaviour, concerning . . 46–7
monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
national recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
particulars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
patterns, identifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47–8
process (flowchart) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
retirement of judicial officer . . . . . . . . . . 49
satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
sentencing matter discussed in
public area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 48
substitution for appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
timeliness in dealing with . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
unrepresented litigants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
vexatious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 117
compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
letter to Attorney-General. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Conduct Division . . . . . . . . . 42, 46–7, 117–18
examination of complaints,
guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119–20
consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
controlled entities, disclosure of. . . . . . . . . 136
credit card certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
criminal law developments
communicating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 37
Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book . . . . . . . . 31
D
delegations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
disability plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
domestic violence cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E
education – see judicial education
employees – see staff
environmental sustainability – see sustainability
Equality Before the Law Bench Book . . . 21, 123
executive officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79–80
Chief Executive, appointment . . . . . . . . 82
Chief Executive, role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79–80
performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
presentations by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
remuneration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
expenditure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 91
extension of time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
external audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
F
financial management . . . . . . . . . 5, 9, 89–113
financial performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
financial report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93–113
financial summary 2010–11 . . . . . . . . . 5, 90–1
Forum Sentencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
freedom of information – see access to
Government information
funds granted to non-government
community organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
G
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) . . . . . . . 1, 140
glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .inside cover, 6–7
governance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 5, 9, 75–86
practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81–5
H
heritage management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
history. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
human resources – see staff
I
information exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133–4
insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
internal audit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
CEO attestation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
International Organisation for Judicial Training
(IOJT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
J
judicial accountability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45–9
judicial appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
judicial education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7, 11–27
Aboriginal Cultural Awareness program . . 25
assistance to Asia Pacific neighbours
– see partners
attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 14
case studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 24, 27
challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 17, 23
communication skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
computer support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 18, 123–7
critique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16–17
distance education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
domestic violence matters . . . . . . . . . . . 22
environmental law best practice. . . . . . . 24
field trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 22, 128
film, through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
five-year comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
highlights 2010–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19–24
interactive programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
internal audit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
key results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
key services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
looking ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 17, 23
online conference paper database. . . . . 20
orientation sessions . . . . . . . . . . 13, 126–7
policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
presenting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
programs, designing effective . . . . . 16–17
publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 21
research skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–15
seminar programs. . . . . . 13, 18, 22, 127–8
targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
training judicial officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 127–8
138 Judicial Commission of NSW Annual Report 2010–11