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Australian Case Law

A guide on where to find authorised reported and unreported judgments in Australian jurisdictions.

South Australia Cases

Authorised Reports

The following are the authorised reports for the Supreme Court of South Australia:

  • South Australian Law Reports - 1899 - 1920 - Available via AustLII and in hardcopy
  • State Reports South Australian - 1921 - 1970 -  Available via AustLII and in hardcopy
  • South Australian State Reports - 1951 - 1971 - Available via Westlaw Australia
  • South Australian State Reports - 1971 - current - Available via Westlaw Australia and in hardcopy

Unreported Decisions

Unreported judgments are available from AustLII and (where indicated) BarNet Jade

  • Supreme Court of South Australia -  1989 - current (Jade from 2010)
  • Supreme Court of South Australia - Full Court - 2010 - current (Jade from 2010)
  • District Court of South Australia - 1992 - current  (Jade 1992 - 2005 limited coverage)
  • Pelham's South Australian Reports - 1865 - 1866 
  • Superior Courts of South Australia -1837 - 1851) This collection comprises of the first superior court cases of South Australia. The records have been recovered from newspapers digitised as part of the National Library of Australia’s Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program (Trove newspaper collection) (AustLII)

Other South Australian courts and tribunals available through AustLII and (where indicated) Jade include:

  • Environment Resources and Development Court of South Australia - 1996 - current (Jade from 1996)
  • South Australian Industrial Relations Court - 1992 - current 
  • Licensing Court of South Australia - 1995 - current 
  • South Australian Wardens Court - 1994 - current 
  • Equal Opportunity Tribunal of South Australia - 2004 - current  (Jade from 2004)
  • South Australian Residential Tenancies Tribunal - 1996 - current 
  • South Australian Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal - 1991 - current 
  • South Australian Workers Compensation Tribunal - 1996 - current