District Court of New South Wales

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court of record intermediate court trial court

The District Court of New South Wales is an intermediate-level trial court in the Australian state of New South Wales that hears serious criminal and civil matters and contributes to the development of the state’s common law.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
District Court of New South Wales canonical	15
NSW District Court	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3656703 — 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: District Court of New South Wales
Context triple: [Common law of New South Wales, developedBy, District Court of New South Wales]

A. Supreme Court of New South Wales
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.
B. 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.
C. courts of New South Wales
The courts of New South Wales are the judicial bodies that interpret and apply the law in the Australian state of New South Wales, encompassing a hierarchy from local courts to the Supreme Court.
D. Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory
The Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory is a lower-level court that handles most summary criminal matters, minor civil disputes, and preliminary hearings within the ACT judicial system.
E. Magistrates Court of Tasmania
The Magistrates Court of Tasmania is a lower-level state court that handles the majority of criminal, civil, and minor matters in Tasmania’s judicial system.
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: District Court of New South Wales
Target entity description: The District Court of New South Wales is an intermediate-level trial court in the Australian state of New South Wales that hears serious criminal and civil matters and contributes to the development of the state’s common law.

A. Supreme Court of New South Wales
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.
B. 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.
C. courts of New South Wales
The courts of New South Wales are the judicial bodies that interpret and apply the law in the Australian state of New South Wales, encompassing a hierarchy from local courts to the Supreme Court.
D. Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory
The Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory is a lower-level court that handles most summary criminal matters, minor civil disputes, and preliminary hearings within the ACT judicial system.
E. Magistrates Court of Tasmania
The Magistrates Court of Tasmania is a lower-level state court that handles the majority of criminal, civil, and minor matters in Tasmania’s judicial system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of record ⓘ intermediate court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NSW District Court ⓘ linked to: District Court of New South Wales
appealsFrom	Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ
appealsTo	Court of Appeal of New South Wales ⓘ Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales ⓘ
applies	common law of Australia ⓘ statute law of New South Wales ⓘ
canAward	damages in civil proceedings ⓘ
canImpose	substantial terms of imprisonment ⓘ
canSit	with or without a jury in civil cases ⓘ
contributesTo	development of New South Wales common law ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
courtHierarchyLevel	intermediate ⓘ
employs	associate judges ⓘ judges ⓘ registrars ⓘ
establishedBy	Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
fundedBy	Government of New South Wales ⓘ
governedBy	District Court Act 1973 (NSW) ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	all of New South Wales except where jurisdiction is excluded by statute ⓘ
hasBuilding	John Maddison Tower ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the District Court of New South Wales ⓘ
hasDivision	appeals jurisdiction ⓘ civil jurisdiction ⓘ criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	civil claims above Local Court jurisdictional limit ⓘ indictable offences ⓘ
hasSeal	Coat of Arms of New South Wales ⓘ linked to: Coat of arms of New South Wales
hasWebsite	https://www.districtcourt.justice.nsw.gov.au ⓘ
headquartersLocation	John Maddison Tower, Sydney ⓘ
hearsFrom	committals from the Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ
higherCourt	Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	New South Wales ⓘ Sydney ⓘ
lowerCourt	Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ
partOf	court system of Australia ⓘ judiciary of New South Wales ⓘ
regionServed	state of New South Wales ⓘ linked to: New South Wales
subjectTo	oversight by the Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
typeOfCasesHeard	civil matters ⓘ serious criminal matters ⓘ
uses	jury trials in criminal cases ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

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

courts of New South Wales → hasIntermediateCourt → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

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

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

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

District Court of New South Wales → alsoKnownAs → NSW District Court ⓘ

linked to: District Court of New South Wales

New South Wales legislation → interpretedBy → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Children’s Court of New South Wales → appealsTo → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales → hearsAppealsFrom → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales → decisionBindingOn → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Common Law Division → decisionBindingOn → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Court of Criminal Appeal (New South Wales) → hearsAppealsFrom → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

subject linked to: Court of Criminal Appeal

Court of Criminal Appeal (New South Wales) → bindingOn → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

subject linked to: Court of Criminal Appeal

Local Court of New South Wales → appealsTo → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Court of Appeal of New South Wales → fromCourt → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

Darlinghurst Courthouse → usedBy → District Court of New South Wales ⓘ

New South Wales correctional system → collaboratesWith → NSW District Court ⓘ