Local Court Time Standards

The Local Court of New South Wales aims to finalise its caseload within set time standards.

Local Court Criminal Case time Standards

• 95% of summary criminal trials - within 6 months
• 100% of summary criminal trials - within 12 months
• 95% of criminal cases where the defendant enters a plea of guilty - within 3 months
• 100% of criminal cases where the defendant enters a plea of guilty - within 6 months
• 90% of indictable matters discharged or committed for trial or sentence to the supreme or district court - within 6 months
• 100% of indictable matters discharged or committed for trial or sentence to the supreme or district court - within 12 months
• 95% of applications - within 3 months
• 100% of applications - within 6 months.

Local Court Civil Case Time Standards

• 90% of civil cases - within 6 months of the initiation of the proceedings in the court
  
• 100% of cases - within 12 months of the initiation of proceedings in the court.

Chief Industrial Magistrate's Time Standards

• 95% of prosecutions - within 6 months
• 100% of prosecutions - within 12 months.