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The second directions hearing will again be conducted on a Friday by the List Judge on the date fixed at the first directions hearing, in a court in the Court’s building at 225 Macquarie Street, Sydney. The location of the court and the precise time of the day will be published on the Court Lists on a notice board in the foyer of the Court’s building and on the Court’s website in the afternoon of the day before the second directions hearing. The Sydney Morning Herald may also (but does not always) publish the Court Lists on the morning of the date set for the directions hearing.
If the defendant has not already entered a plea at the first directions hearing, the defendant is to enter a plea at the second directions hearing of not guilty or guilty to the offence charged in the order.
The prosecutor and the defendant are to hand to the Court a realistic agreed estimate or their own versions of an estimate of the hearing time, broken down into the elements of the trial or sentencing hearing.
The prosecutor and the defendant are to hand to the Court an agreed or their own versions of a minute of the directions they propose the Court should make, including:
The List Judge will make directions, including fixing a date for the trial or sentencing hearing. These directions will be stated orally. The parties should record the directions made, including importantly the date, time and venue of the trial or sentencing hearing. A written copy of the directions made is not usually sent to the parties.
08 May 2023
We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we work and we pay respect to the Elders, past, present and future.