Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales

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appellate court criminal court

The Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales is the state's highest court for hearing appeals in serious criminal matters.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales canonical	4
NSW Court of Criminal Appeal	2
Court of Criminal Appeal	1
Court of Criminal Appeal under earlier New South Wales legislation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10614260 — 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: Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales
Context triple: [Supreme Court of New South Wales, hasPart, Court of Criminal Appeal 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. District Court of New South Wales
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.
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. Supreme Court of Queensland
The Supreme Court of Queensland is the highest court in the Australian state of Queensland, handling the most serious civil and criminal matters and serving as the state's principal court of appeal.
E. Court of Appeal of the Australian Capital Territory
The Court of Appeal of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest appellate court for civil and criminal matters arising in the ACT, reviewing decisions from lower courts within the territory’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: Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales
Target entity description: The Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales is the state's highest court for hearing appeals in serious criminal matters.

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. District Court of New South Wales
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.
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. Supreme Court of Queensland
The Supreme Court of Queensland is the highest court in the Australian state of Queensland, handling the most serious civil and criminal matters and serving as the state's principal court of appeal.
E. Court of Appeal of the Australian Capital Territory
The Court of Appeal of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest appellate court for civil and criminal matters arising in the ACT, reviewing decisions from lower courts within the territory’s judicial system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ criminal court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NSW Court of Criminal Appeal ⓘ linked to: Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales
appealTo	High Court of Australia ⓘ
appealToRequires	special leave from the High Court of Australia ⓘ
canOrder	acquittal ⓘ new trial ⓘ resentencing ⓘ
canReview	convictions ⓘ points of law ⓘ sentences ⓘ
composition	Chief Justice of New South Wales ⓘ President of the Court of Appeal ⓘ judges of appeal ⓘ other judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
courtSystem	New South Wales court system ⓘ
decisionBindingOn	District Court of New South Wales ⓘ Local Court of New South Wales ⓘ Supreme Court of New South Wales at first instance ⓘ linked to: Supreme Court of New South Wales
establishedBy	Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ⓘ
governingLaw	Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) ⓘ
handles	appeals in serious criminal matters ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	all lower criminal courts in New South Wales ⓘ
hasPower	develop common law of crime in New South Wales ⓘ interpret New South Wales criminal statutes ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	District Court of New South Wales ⓘ Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ certain tribunals in criminal matters ⓘ
highestCourtFor	criminal appeals in New South Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
level	intermediate appellate court in the Australian court hierarchy ⓘ
locatedIn	Law Courts Building, Queens Square, Sydney ⓘ linked to: Law Courts Building, Sydney
location	Sydney ⓘ
maySitAs	five-judge bench in important cases ⓘ
partOf	Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
predecessor	Court of Criminal Appeal under earlier New South Wales legislation ⓘ linked to: Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales
regionServed	State of New South Wales, Australia ⓘ linked to: New South Wales
state	New South Wales ⓘ
subjectMatter	criminal law ⓘ
typeOfCases	indictable offences ⓘ
typicalBenchSize	three judges ⓘ
website	https://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au ⓘ linked to: Supreme Court of New South Wales

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

Supreme Court of New South Wales → hasPart → Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales ⓘ

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

Courts of Justice → hasComponent → Court of Criminal Appeal ⓘ

linked to: Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales

Chief Justice of New South Wales → canAlsoSitOn → Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales ⓘ

Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales → predecessor → Court of Criminal Appeal under earlier New South Wales legislation ⓘ

linked to: Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales

Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales → alsoKnownAs → NSW Court of Criminal Appeal ⓘ

linked to: Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales

Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) → providesFor → Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales ⓘ

Court of Criminal Appeal (New South Wales) → alsoKnownAs → NSW Court of Criminal Appeal ⓘ

subject linked to: Court of Criminal Appeal

linked to: Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales

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