Welcome to the website of the
NSW Law Reports (the NSWLR)

published by the Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales

In the NSWLR, the Council of Law Reporting publishes authoritative reports of judgments that have been selected for their value in the development, interpretation and/or application of the law in New South Wales. Reports published in the NSWLR include concise but pertinent headnotes stating the legal principles to be derived from the judgments, together with extracted data such as cases lists, catchwords and indices for efficient reference.

The judgments and all related editorial material in the NSWLR are verified and edited for accuracy, reliability and ease of use in legal research and in litigation. High quality standards are essential because of the value of the NSWLR as the record of precedent for the State; the Council is committed to maintaining these standards.

This website offers an NSWLR publication update with some information about the NSWLR series, the history of law reporting and the Council. Please contact us if you have any questions that are not answered here.

Christine Adamson SC
Chairperson
Council of Law Reporting for NSW