Criminal Code Appellate Decisions Database

A one stop free shop for Criminal Code case law!, at www.sclqld.org.au

The database contains appellate and High Court judgments relating to the Criminal Code states of Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. The Library has selected judgments of significance so as to assist practitioners in the criminal law field. The Database was launched in May 2010, and contains judgments backdated to October 2009. The database will be updated weekly and feedback from users is welcomed. This database is part of a wider initiative suggested by courts of appeal to make practitioners aware of significant recent judgments at appellate level across jurisdictions.   

Judgments can be searched by subject, legislation, and by comparative sections of the codes across these jurisdictions. Each case is headed by a “statement of significance” compiled by the Library so as to alert the reader to points of interest in that case. A table of comparative legislation across the four states accompanies each judgment. Sentencing and drug offences decisions have not been included in the database.

To access: Click on the Griffin icon on the Library web page www.sclqld.org.au.

A search example could be:

You are looking for cases on s668e Qld Criminal Code 1899 or its equivalent. One click in the service will bring up Rainbird v Tasmania 2010 TASCCA 009 and the equivalent Tasmanian section s402 Tas Criminal Code 1924.

New features coming soon:

Links to all Code legislation from the enquiry page and pop up boxes with the sections of the codes.