This fully revised and updated edition of Annotated Criminal Legislation New South Wales, extracted from Criminal Practice and Procedure NSW (available on Lexis Advance, Lexis Red, and as a four-volume looseleaf service) is an essential guide to key criminal legislation in New South Wales, providing extensive coverage of legislation and authoritative annotations by Roderick N Howie KC, a former judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and Peter A Johnson SC, Chief Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission and a former judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The legislation in this edition is current to 23 October 2023 and includes coverage of legislative amendments plus more.
Features
Up-to-date legislation
High quality annotations by expert authors
Easy navigation via a quick reference directory and ‘grey tabs’
Practical introductory commentary including discussions on proceedings before magistrates and trial proceedings
Related Titles
Howie, Sattler & Hood, Hayes & Eburn Criminal Law and Procedure in New South Wales, 7th edition
Kirchengast & Finlay, Criminal Law in Australia, 3rd edition
Peter A Johnson SC was appointed as the Chief Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission in July 2022. He served as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 2005 to 2022. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1976 and practised at the Bar from 1982, taking Silk in 1997. He served as an acting judge of the District Court of New South Wales in 1998–1999 and as an Assistant Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 2003–2004. He has been joint author of Criminal Practice and Procedure NSW with Roderick Howie KC since the mid-1980s.
Roderick N Howie KC has held numerous public offices in New South Wales including Public Defender, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions and Crown Advocate. He was appointed a judge of the District Court of New South Wales in 1996 and a justice of the Supreme Court in September 2000. He retired from the Bench in May 2010. He is an esteemed author and editor of several LexisNexis publications.