NSW courts and tribunals: which apply Supreme Court Practice Note SC Gen 23 (District, Local and Children's Courts) and which have their own note (IRC)
Which NSW courts apply Supreme Court Practice Note SC Gen 23 as their own (District, Local and Children's Courts) and which have a separate note (the Industrial Relations Commission), so the right disclosure kit is used.
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Kind
Checklist Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
Version
1
Where it applies
New South Wales
AI use
Green The tool writes the first draft inside a template you have already tested. You check it. Without that test, first drafting starts at Yellow.
Source
Written for this library
Status
Maintained. Checked on 7 November 2026 against the 5 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.
When to use it
Use before filing an affidavit, witness statement, expert report or written submission in a NSW court or tribunal, to pick the right practice note. The SC Gen 23 statements in this library (a5-nsw-sc-gen-23-sworn-disclosure) then apply unchanged in the adopting courts.
How to use this precedent
Check that it fits the matter: read “When to use it” and the places it applies to.
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Adapt it to the matter, filling in each placeholder shown in [square brackets].
Use AI only as far as the Green level allows. “How AI may be used” says what AI may and must not do.
Before it goes out, a lawyer checks it against current law and each point under “The lawyer checks”.
How AI may be used
A tool may use this map to choose the practice note for a NSW filing. A lawyer confirms the current version of the note before filing.
AI may
Identify the practice note that applies to the court named on the matter
Point to the SC Gen 23 statements and checklists in this library for adopting courts
AI must not
Must not assume a NSW tribunal not listed here has adopted SC Gen 23
Must not generate the content of an affidavit or witness statement
The lawyer checks
The court's current practice note, because adoptions are 'as amended from time to time'
For the IRC, Practice Note 33's own paragraph numbers are used in any statement