Supreme Court of New South Wales

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court state supreme court superior court of record

The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court in New South Wales, Australia, with jurisdiction over serious civil and criminal matters and appeals from lower courts.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of New South Wales canonical	18
Common Law Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales	1
New South Wales Court of Appeal	1
Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal	1
Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal	1
Supreme Court of New South Wales precinct	1
judicial centre of New South Wales	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2526769 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Court of New South Wales
Context triple: [Macquarie Street, Sydney, houses, Supreme Court of New South Wales]

A. Supreme Court of Western Australia
The Supreme Court of Western Australia is the highest court in the state’s judicial system, handling the most serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the principal court of appeal.
B. Supreme Court of Tasmania
The Supreme Court of Tasmania is the highest court in the Australian state of Tasmania, handling serious criminal and civil cases as well as appeals.
C. Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is a superior national court that primarily deals with civil disputes governed by federal law and reviews decisions of federal tribunals and lower courts across Australia.
D. Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest court in the ACT, handling serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the territory’s principal court of record.
E. High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the nation’s supreme judicial authority, serving as the final court of appeal and the ultimate interpreter of the Australian Constitution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Court of New South Wales
Target entity description: The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court in New South Wales, Australia, with jurisdiction over serious civil and criminal matters and appeals from lower courts.

A. Supreme Court of Western Australia
The Supreme Court of Western Australia is the highest court in the state’s judicial system, handling the most serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the principal court of appeal.
B. Supreme Court of Tasmania
The Supreme Court of Tasmania is the highest court in the Australian state of Tasmania, handling serious criminal and civil cases as well as appeals.
C. Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is a superior national court that primarily deals with civil disputes governed by federal law and reviews decisions of federal tribunals and lower courts across Australia.
D. Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest court in the ACT, handling serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the territory’s principal court of record.
E. High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the nation’s supreme judicial authority, serving as the final court of appeal and the ultimate interpreter of the Australian Constitution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ state supreme court ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ
appliesLawOf	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ New South Wales ⓘ
building	Law Courts Building, Sydney ⓘ
canSitIn	regional centres in New South Wales ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
establishedIn	1823 ⓘ
follows	Australian common law ⓘ
foundedBy	Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
governingStatute	Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ⓘ
handlesAppealsFrom	District Court of New South Wales ⓘ Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ various New South Wales tribunals ⓘ
hasAppealTo	High Court of Australia ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	all other New South Wales courts except the High Court of Australia ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	Chief Justice of New South Wales ⓘ
hasDivision	Common Law Division ⓘ Court of Appeal ⓘ linked to: court of appeal Court of Criminal Appeal ⓘ Equity Division ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	admiralty matters ⓘ appeals from lower courts in New South Wales ⓘ common law matters ⓘ corporations law matters ⓘ equity matters ⓘ probate matters ⓘ serious civil matters ⓘ serious criminal matters ⓘ serious indictable offences ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPart	Common Law Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ linked to: Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal of New South Wales ⓘ Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales ⓘ Equity Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au ⓘ
hearsCasesIn	Sydney ⓘ
highestCourtIn	New South Wales ⓘ
isPartOf	Australian court system ⓘ judiciary of New South Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Australia ⓘ New South Wales ⓘ
location	Sydney ⓘ
seat	Sydney ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macquarie Street, Sydney → houses → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Hyde Park (Sydney) → adjacentTo → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

subject linked to: Hyde Park

Politics of New South Wales → judicialSystem → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

The Domain, Sydney → near → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Common law of New South Wales → developedBy → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Common law of New South Wales → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of New South Wales

Common law of New South Wales → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of New South Wales

Macquarie Street civic precinct → contains → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Macquarie Street civic precinct → hasFunction → judicial centre of New South Wales ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of New South Wales

Sir William Deane → memberOf → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Lucy McCallum → employer → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Lucy McCallum → employer → New South Wales Court of Appeal ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of New South Wales

courts of New South Wales → hasHighestCourt → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

courts of New South Wales → hasCriminalJurisdiction → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

courts of New South Wales → hasCivilJurisdiction → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Supreme Court of New South Wales → hasPart → Common Law Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of New South Wales

Queen’s Square, Sydney → adjacentTo → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Queen’s Square, Sydney → hasViewOf → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Hyde Park, Sydney → near → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

state courts of Australia → hasComponent → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

subject linked to: courts of Australia

Law Courts Building, Sydney → houses → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

St James Church, Sydney → proximityTo → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

District Court of New South Wales → higherCourt → Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ

St James Road → near → Supreme Court of New South Wales precinct ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of New South Wales

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