Court of Appeal of New South Wales

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appellate court court of record superior court of record

The Court of Appeal of New South Wales is the highest civil appellate court in the state’s judicial system, hearing appeals from lower courts and tribunals.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Appeal of New South Wales canonical	6
New South Wales Court of Appeal	5
NSW Court of Appeal	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10614259 — 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 Appeal of New South Wales
Context triple: [Supreme Court of New South Wales, hasPart, Court of 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. Local Court of New South Wales
The Local Court of New South Wales is a lower-level state court that primarily handles less serious criminal matters, civil disputes of limited monetary value, and various local and administrative legal issues across New South Wales, Australia.
D. Drug Court of New South Wales
The Drug Court of New South Wales is a specialist court that focuses on rehabilitating offenders with drug dependency through supervised treatment programs as an alternative to traditional criminal sentencing.
E. Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales
The Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales is the state's highest court for hearing appeals in serious criminal matters.
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 Appeal of New South Wales
Target entity description: The Court of Appeal of New South Wales is the highest civil appellate court in the state’s judicial system, hearing appeals from lower courts and tribunals.

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. Local Court of New South Wales
The Local Court of New South Wales is a lower-level state court that primarily handles less serious criminal matters, civil disputes of limited monetary value, and various local and administrative legal issues across New South Wales, Australia.
D. Drug Court of New South Wales
The Drug Court of New South Wales is a specialist court that focuses on rehabilitating offenders with drug dependency through supervised treatment programs as an alternative to traditional criminal sentencing.
E. Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales
The Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales is the state's highest court for hearing appeals in serious criminal matters.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court of record ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NSW Court of Appeal ⓘ linked to: Court of Appeal of New South Wales New South Wales Court of Appeal ⓘ linked to: Court of Appeal of New South Wales
appealTo	High Court of Australia ⓘ
canSitAs	full court ⓘ single judge in certain matters ⓘ
compositionIncludes	Chief Justice of New South Wales ⓘ Judges of Appeal ⓘ President of the Court of Appeal ⓘ other judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
establishedBy	Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ⓘ
establishedIn	1970 ⓘ
fromBody	certain tribunals of New South Wales ⓘ
fromCourt	District Court of New South Wales ⓘ Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
governingLaw	Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ⓘ Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) ⓘ
handles	questions of fact in some appeals ⓘ questions of law ⓘ
hasHead	President of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au ⓘ
hears	civil appeals ⓘ some criminal appeals ⓘ
highestCourtFor	civil appeals in New South Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Law Courts Building, Queens Square, Sydney ⓘ linked to: Law Courts Building, Sydney Sydney ⓘ
partOf	Supreme Court of New South Wales ⓘ
partOfBranch	judicial branch of New South Wales ⓘ
regionServed	State of New South Wales ⓘ linked to: New South Wales
subjectMatter	administrative law ⓘ civil law ⓘ commercial law ⓘ contract law ⓘ corporations law ⓘ equity ⓘ family provision claims ⓘ succession law ⓘ tort law ⓘ
typeOfAppeals	final judgment appeals ⓘ interlocutory appeals ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

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

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

David Hunt (judge) → memberOf → New South Wales Court of Appeal ⓘ