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District Court updates COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Important information about changes to District Court operations is contained in the following notices and announcements:

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Archived

Compensation jurisdiction announcement in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) (PDF, 21.0 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update - Memorandum - Changes to Rapid Antigen Self-Testing (RAT) and District Court Criminal PN 27 from 20 February 2023 (DOCX, 12.3 KB) (DOCX, 12.3 KB)
District Court & Dust Diseases Tribunal COVID-19 Update from 4 October 2022 (PDF, 115.2 KB) (PDF, 114.7 KB) (PDF, 114.7 KB)
District Court Update 8 March 2022 - District Court at Lismore (DOCX, 36.2 KB) (DOCX, 36.2 KB) (DOCX, 36.2 KB)
Lismore District Court (DOCX, 44.2 KB) (DOCX, 44.2 KB) (DOCX, 44.2 KB)
District Court & Dust Diseases Tribunal COVID-19 Update from 28 February 2022 (PDF, 109.6 KB) (PDF, 103.5 KB) (PDF, 103.5 KB)
District Court & Dust Diseases Tribunal COVID-19 Update from 28 February 2022 (DOC, 60.0 KB) (DOC, 60.0 KB) (DOC, 60.0 KB)
District Court - Jury Empanelment at the Downing Centre (PDF, 125.1 KB) (PDF, 120.7 KB) (PDF, 120.7 KB)
District Court - Jury Empanelment at the Downing Centre (DOCX, 48.2 KB) (DOCX, 48.2 KB) (DOCX, 48.2 KB)
District Court Super Call-Over Update 1 February 2022 (DOCX, 46.5 KB) (DOCX, 46.5 KB) (DOCX, 46.5 KB)
Dust Diseases Tribunal - Practice Note DDT No 1 of 2021 - COVID-19 Update (PDF, 36.6 KB) (PDF, 32.3 KB) (PDF, 32.3 KB)
Dust Diseases Tribunal - Practice Note DDT No 1 of 2021 - COVID-19 Update (DOC, 39.5 KB) (DOC, 39.5 KB) (DOC, 39.5 KB)
District Court & Dust Diseases Tribunal COVID-19 Update 12 January 2022 (PDF, 43.3 KB) (PDF, 39.1 KB) (PDF, 39.1 KB)
District Court & Dust Diseases Tribunal COVID-19 Update 12 January 2022 (DOC, 52.0 KB) (DOC, 52.0 KB) (DOC, 52.0 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 15 December 2021 (DOCX, 44.7 KB) (DOCX, 44.7 KB) (DOCX, 44.7 KB)
District Court Criminal Practice Note 25 - Application for leave for in person appearances in sentencing proceedings
District Court COVID-19 Update - Operational Update - 2m2 rule from 15 November 2021 (DOCX, 44.9 KB) (DOCX, 44.9 KB) (DOCX, 44.9 KB)
District Court Criminal Practice Note 24 - Application for leave for in person appearances in Trials and Sentence Hearings of WHS Prosecutions (DOC, 45.5 KB) (DOC, 45.5 KB) (DOC, 45.5 KB)
Practice Note 23 - Resumption of Jury Trials and in person appearances in Judge Alone Trials - 12 January 2022
Practice Note 16 - Applications for leave for in person appearances in Civil Trials - 13 October 2021
Collection Notice Health Records DC Trials (PDF, 142.4 KB) (PDF, 163.6 KB) (PDF, 163.6 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 5 October 2021 (DOCX, 44.9 KB) (DOCX, 44.9 KB) (DOCX, 44.9 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 1 October 2021 (DOC, 59.5 KB) (DOC, 59.5 KB) (DOC, 59.5 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 24 September 2021 (DOCX, 44.8 KB) (DOCX, 44.8 KB) (DOCX, 44.8 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 23 September 2021 (DOCX, 44.7 KB) (DOCX, 44.7 KB) (DOCX, 44.7 KB)
NSW District Court to resume jury trials 17 September 2021 (PDF, 327.7 KB) (PDF, 326.6 KB) (PDF, 326.6 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 16 September 2021 (DOCX, 44.8 KB) (DOCX, 44.8 KB) (DOCX, 44.8 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 10 September 2021 (DOC, 96.0 KB) (DOC, 96.0 KB) (DOC, 96.0 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 26 August 2021 (DOC, 57.0 KB) (DOC, 57.0 KB) (DOC, 57.0 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 20 August 2021 (DOC, 57.5 KB) (DOC, 57.5 KB) (DOC, 57.5 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 19 August 2021 (DOC, 55.5 KB) (DOC, 55.5 KB) (DOC, 55.5 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update 16 August 2021 (DOC, 95.0 KB) (DOC, 95.0 KB) (DOC, 95.0 KB)
Newcastle District Court COVID-19 Update 12 August 2021 (DOC, 56.0 KB) (DOC, 56.0 KB) (DOC, 56.0 KB)
Tamworth District Court COVID-19 Update 11 August 2021 (DOC, 56.5 KB) (DOC, 56.5 KB) (DOC, 56.5 KB)
Dubbo District Court COVID-19 Update 11 August 2021 (DOC, 57.0 KB) (DOC, 57.0 KB) (DOC, 57.0 KB)
Lismore District Court COVID-19 Update 10 August 2021 (DOC, 56.0 KB) (DOC, 56.0 KB) (DOC, 56.0 KB)
Armidale District Court COVID-19 update 7 August 2021 (DOCX, 20.2 KB) (DOCX, 20.2 KB) (DOCX, 20.2 KB)
Personal appearances in District Court Civil JMT from 6 August 2021 (DOC, 55.5 KB) (DOC, 55.5 KB) (DOC, 55.5 KB)
Newcastle District Court COVID-19 Update 5 August 2021 (DOC, 54.0 KB) (DOC, 54.0 KB) (DOC, 54.0 KB)
Bail Application Procedures - updated 2 August 2021 (DOC, 93.5 KB) (DOC, 93.5 KB) (DOC, 93.5 KB)
District Court update 2 August 2021 (DOC, 95.5 KB) (DOC, 95.5 KB) (DOC, 95.5 KB)
District Court update 29 July 2021 (DOC, 57.5 KB) (DOC, 57.5 KB) (DOC, 57.5 KB)
District Court update 21 July 2021 (DOC, 60.5 KB) (DOC, 60.5 KB) (DOC, 60.5 KB)
District Court update 18 July 2021 (DOC, 57.0 KB) (DOC, 57.0 KB) (DOC, 57.0 KB)
Media Access to Virtual Courts (PDF, 320.3 KB) (PDF, 319.2 KB) (PDF, 319.2 KB)
Virtual Court User Guide - For Practitioners (PDF, 73.5 KB) (PDF, 73.0 KB) (PDF, 73.0 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update until 30 July 2021 (DOC, 55.5 KB) (DOC, 55.5 KB) (DOC, 55.5 KB)
14 July 2021 Regional and Circuit Court Sittings COVID-19 Update (DOC, 72.5 KB) (DOC, 72.5 KB) (DOC, 72.5 KB)
12 July 2021 - Regional and Circuit Court Sittings COVID-19 Update (DOC, 92.0 KB) (DOC, 92.0 KB) (DOC, 92.0 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Update until 16 July 2021 (DOC, 23.5 KB) (DOC, 23.5 KB) (DOC, 23.5 KB) (DOC , 23.5 KB)
Arrangements for current Jury Trials in the Downing Centre - Memorandum COVID-19 Update - 28 June 2021 (DOC, 149.5 KB) (DOC, 149.5 KB) (DOC, 149.5 KB)
District Court - changes to arrangements for Greater Sydney until 16 July 2021 (DOC, 23.5 KB) (DOC, 23.5 KB) (DOC, 23.5 KB)
District Court - changes to arrangements for Greater Sydney until 9 July 2021 (DOCX, 14.2 KB) (DOCX, 14.2 KB) (DOCX, 14.2 KB)
Downing Centre and John Maddison Tower Restrictions until 2 July 2021 (PDF, 24.2 KB) (PDF, 23.7 KB) (PDF, 23.7 KB)
24 June 2021: New Restrictions in Effect (DOC, 26.5 KB) (DOC, 26.5 KB) (DOC, 26.5 KB)
Appearances in the District Court and Dust Diseases Tribunal Covid-19 Update 2021 (DOC, 59.0 KB) (DOC, 59.0 KB) (DOC, 59.0 KB)
Appearances in the District Court 2021 (DOC, 78.5 KB) (DOC, 78.5 KB) (DOC, 78.5 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Jury Trials - Empanelment Guidance for Practitioners (PDF, 71.0 KB) (PDF, 70.4 KB) (PDF, 70.4 KB)
District Court COVID-19 Jury trials General Protocol (PDF, 168.2 KB) (PDF, 167.7 KB) (PDF, 167.7 KB)
Personal Appearances in the District Court from 1 June 2020 (PDF, 121.4 KB) (PDF, 120.9 KB) (PDF, 120.9 KB)
11 May 2020: Announcement regarding jury trials in the District Court (PDF, 55.8 KB) (PDF, 55.2 KB) (PDF, 55.2 KB)
Satisfactory Arrangements for Defendants not in custody to appear remotely (PDF, 101.3 KB) (PDF, 100.8 KB) (PDF, 100.8 KB)
COVID-19 Update District Court of NSW 20/04/2020 (PDF, 34.2 KB) (PDF, 29.0 KB) (PDF, 29.0 KB)
Update on interim protocol for civil jurisdiction of Sydney District Court (PDF, 131.2 KB) (PDF, 130.6 KB) (PDF, 130.6 KB)
COVID-19 - Bail Application Procedures (DOC, 93.0 KB) (DOC, 93.0 KB) (DOC, 93.0 KB)
COVID-19 - Bail Application Procedures - Contact List (PDF, 62.1 KB) (PDF, 83.9 KB) (PDF, 83.9 KB)
COVID-19 - update District Court of NSW 30/03/2020 (PDF, 27.2 KB) (PDF, 26.6 KB) (PDF, 26.6 KB)
Updated Notice of Procedural Changes (PDF, 20.5 KB) (PDF, 19.5 KB) (PDF, 19.5 KB)
Residual jurisdiction announcement in response to COVID-19 (coronavirus) (PDF, 21.0 KB) (PDF, 18.9 KB) (PDF, 18.9 KB)
Guidelines for Friday Arraignment List Downing Centre (PDF, 69.8 KB) (PDF, 68.8 KB) (PDF, 68.8 KB)
Coronavirus (COVID 19) Update on the District Court's Operations (PDF, 18.2 KB) (PDF, 17.3 KB) (PDF, 17.3 KB)
15 March 2020: Coronavirus (COVID 19) - Announcement - Jury Trials (PDF, 211.8 KB) (PDF, 205.9 KB) (PDF, 205.9 KB)
Notice of Procedural Changes (PDF, 35.0 KB) (PDF, 34.1 KB) (PDF, 34.1 KB)

Last updated: 13 August 2025