How do you follow a court case?

How do you follow a court case?

How to searchSelect the ‘Search online’ button.Register or log in to the NSW Online Registry.Search for a civil case to which you are a party.Select the relevant case.View the different types of information by clicking the tabs (Proceedings, Filed Documents, Court Dates, Judgments and Orders).

How do I get a case on AustLII?

A full list of the cases databases available from AustLII may be found on the AustLII Databases page….Using CasesClicking on the AustLII Logo will take you back to the AustLII home page.[Index] [Search] [Noteup] [Download] or [Download RTF] [Context] [No Context]

What are case law examples?

Example of Case Law Application Stacy, a tenant in a duplex owned by Martin, filed a civil lawsuit against her landlord, claiming he had not given her enough notice before raising her rent, citing a new state law that requires a minimum of 90 days’ notice.

What is the difference between statutes and case law?

Statutes provide the short-run certainty of written law, but stare decisis endows case law with long-run certainty, because case law (unlike statutes) cannot change abruptly, and in the gradual process of distinguishing, countervailing judicial biases tend to cancel out.

Is case law a statute?

Case Law, often used interchangeably with the term Common Law, refers to the precedents and authority set by previous court rulings, judicial decisions and administrative legal findings or rulings. This is one of the main categories of law, with constitutional law, statutory law and regulatory law.

What is the difference between case law and legislation?

Common law or case law is law as declared by judges. Legislation is the primary source of law today and all cases start with interpreting the legislation as made by Commonwealth and the States. There are a few notable exceptions to this rule that are common law jurisdictions.

How does case law interact with legislation?

An Act overrules the common law (judge made law) if both apply in the same area. A specific case may therefore require a court to decide an Act’s meaning in that specific case. The court’s interpretation is then read with the Act to make up the law on that topic.

What does R stand for in law?

abbreviation for rex or regina, ‘king’ or ‘queen’. The initial letter is used in proceedings, especially English criminal proceedings, to indicate that the Crown is the plaintiff or, more usually, prosecutor: R v.

What does statute law mean?

Statute Law is the law made by Parliament. It is introduced in a Bill and, if passed, becomes an Act.

Who is responsible for statute law?

Statutory law or statute law is written law passed by a body of legislature. This is as opposed to oral or customary law; or regulatory law promulgated by the executive or common law of the judiciary. Statutes may originate with national, state legislatures or local municipalities.