Judgments published here are from the Supreme Court of South Australia, the District Court of South Australia and the Environment, Resources and Development Court of South Australia. The State Courts Administration Council has decided to publish these decisions so that members of the public will have access to the judicial officers’ complete reasons for decision.
In most cases, judgments will be published to the site within a day or two of being handed down. Judgments will remain on the site for two months. Following that, judgments can be found on the AustLII website. AustLII contains judgments of the Supreme Court dating back to 1989, the District Court dating back to 1997 and the Environment, Resources and Development Court dating back to 1996.
Assistance with locating judgments not available from AustLII or the Courts’ website can be obtained from the CAA Library Service on +61 8 8204 0488 or at pmcourtlibraries@courts.sa.gov.au.
Judgments are sometimes edited to take account of suppression orders, or if the general publication of them is likely to have an adverse impact on victims, witnesses and others connected with the proceedings. A judge may decline to release a judgment for publication on the web site if the judge believes it is not possible to edit the judgment appropriately while retaining meaning.
DISCLAIMER – Every effort has been made to comply with suppression orders or statutory provisions prohibiting publication that may apply to these judgments. The onus remains on any person using material in a judgment to ensure that the intended use of that material does not breach any such order or provision. Further enquiries may be directed to the Registry of the Court in which the judgment was generated.
Supreme Court and District Court
The State Courts Administration Council has decided to publish the sentencing remarks of the judges of these courts so that members of the public will have access to a complete statement of the judges’ reasons for imposing sentence.
Sentencing remarks will usually appear on the website within a day or two of delivery in court.
Sentencing remarks are edited to take account of suppression orders, statutory prohibitions on the identification of victims of sexual offences and on the identification of young offenders. Sentencing remarks may be edited if the general publication of them is likely to have an adverse impact on victims, witnesses and others connected with the proceedings.
A judge may decline to release sentencing remarks for publication on the website if the judge considers that it is not possible to edit the sentencing remarks appropriately while retaining meaning, or if the sentencing remarks cannot be satisfactorily edited on the basis indicated above.
The sentencing remarks on this site will remain for four weeks. Sentencing remarks are also available on application to the Registrar of the Supreme Court or the District Court.
Environment, Resources and Development Court
The State Courts Administration Council has decided to publish these decisions of the Judges and Commissioners of the ERD Court so that members of the public will have access to a complete statement of the judicial officers’ reasons for the decision.
Sentencing remarks will usually appear on the site the same day as they appear in the public cause list as having been delivered.
Sentencing remarks may be edited to take account of suppression orders or if the general publication of them is likely to have an adverse impact on witnesses and others connected with the proceedings.
A judge or commissioner may decline to release the sentencing remarks for publication on the website if the judge or commissioner decides that it is not possible to edit the material appropriately while retaining meaning.
The sentencing remarks on this site are also available by contacting the Registrar of the ERD Court.