About us
About us

The District Court is the largest trial court in Australia. Learn about the Court's judges, history, jurisdiction, client service charter as well as job roles and where to find job ads.
Help and support
Help and support

Information about legal help, support for victims of crime and witnesses, access for people with disability, law libraries, court technology and security
Publications
Publications

Publications you can find on the District Court website include Annual Reviews, policy and tabled documents, latest news, the strategic plan, and judicial speeches.
Practice and procedure
Practice and procedure

The main resources for key district court procedures, such as practice notes, subpoenas and online courts.

Practice and procedure

These key resources outline district court procedures

COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

For information regarding changes to practice and procedure, please see District Court COVID-19 updates.

Current and archived court practice notes

An amount of someone's salary that's court ordered to be garnished to repay their debt

Orders applying to hearings are now in Civil Practice note 1

A subpoena can be issued to a person or organisation to produce documents to the court to assist in the case

What the registrars of the courts have the authority to do

Find the procedures for using images of judges; filming and other resources.

Available to legal practitioners with an Online Registry account

Interest rates from 1973 to the present

The Protocol that was entered into by the Commissioner of Police and the Sheriff of New South Wales

We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we work and we pay respect to the Elders, past, present and future.