Court technology

The Land and Environment Court actively uses technology to extend access to the Court and improve the efficiency of its processes.

Online Services

The Court operates with online services which include Online Registry and Online Court:

• NSW Online Registry gives you access to case information and allows documents to be filed online.
• Online Court allows you to make re​quests for orders to be made online (available for Classes 1-4, 8 only).​
• NSW Subpoena Response allows you to send subpoenaed items electronically.
• lec_criminalfilings@justice.nsw.gov.au allows parties in a criminal proceedings  before the Court (Classes 5, 6 and 7 only), to file documents electronically
• treedisputefilings@justice.nsw.gov.au allows parties in a tree dispute proceeding before the Court (Class 2 only), to file documents electronically

Court Wi-Fi Network

The Land and Environment Court has publicly accessible Wi-Fi available for use by Court clients and visitors. A user guide for connecting to the wireless network is available here (PDF, 183.1 KB).

Courtroom technology

All courtrooms at the Land and Environment Court:

• are equppied with electornic hearing assistance;
• can display material electronically via Device mirroring via HDMI cable;
• can conduct proceedings entirely or in-part by the court's Audio visual system;
• can have proceedings broadcast.

Hearing assistance

All courtrooms at the Land & Environment Court are fitted with an Infrared Hearing Assistance device.

Please ask the Court Officer for a device if you would like assistance.

Device mirroring via HDMI cable

Parties can have the option to electronically display documents, photos, images, maps, drawings and/or play video or audio files through the court’s audio visual system using device mirroring.

Permission to use device mirroring must be sought from the presiding officer and adhere to the Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1998.

Device mirroring is integrated so that a person appearing by AVL is able to see what a court user is displaying.

Parties, witnesses and legal representatives wishing to use device mirroring must use their own devices and ensure their device is capable of device mirroring. No technical support is able to be provided by the Court for device mirroring.

Various converter attachments are available at the bar table of each courtroom for “Apple/iOS Lightning” or PC/Google/Chrome “USB-C” to connect devices for device mirroring, however the ideal connectivity to the court’s audio visual system is by a HDMI cable.

Parties must be prepared to provide a hard copy of any electronic medium they propose to display at the direction of the presiding officer.

Audio visual system

(for participants in a proceeding - not for observers)

All courtrooms at the Land and Environment Court of NSW have audio visual systems in place that support video, telephone and audio appearances if ordered by the presiding officer.

If a court user proposes to use the audio visual system to participant in a proceeding:

• review the AVL Protocols and AVL Guidelines;
• if you are a party to a proceeding, discuss your proposed use of the audio visual system with the other party(s) in the proceeding; and
• seek an order from the presiding officer for the matter or specific appearance(s) in which you are seeking to use AVL.

Note: Matters listed in the "Registrar's direction - by AVL" do not require a Court order.

Requirements for connecting to the audio visual system by telephone

(for participants in a proceeding - not for observers)

If you use a telephone to connect to the audio visual system, follow the procedure below.

PROCEDURE FOR TELECONFERENCING

1. DO NOT USE A SPEAKER PHONE OR PUT THE CALL "ON HOLD";
2. Review the Daily Court List published at 4pm the day before the listing for time, phone number and Meeting ID to call;
3. Dial the phone number and Meeting ID provided to you immediately prior to your listed appearance time;
4. You will be greeted by the following audio message: “Welcome to NSW Communities and Justice";
5. You may be requested to enter a PIN, disregard and you will be connected shortly (you will hear 2 beeps to indicate successfully entering the teleconference);
6. Please note that at this point, you are ‘LIVE’ in the Conference, all parties, including the Judge/Registrar/Commissioner can hear you, so please remain silent until your matter is called – all Court procedures and protocols are to be followed as if you were in Court in person;
7. Whilst waiting for your matter to be called, please ensure that the audio on your device is muted so that no background noise can interfere with Court proceedings;
8. Hang up/End the call when your matter is finalised.

Observing proceedings

Photo, video and sound recording of a NSW Court proceeding is prohibited under Section (9) of the Court Security Act 2005. Penalties Apply: Maximum Penalty $22,000 or 12 months imprisonment (or both).

Use of “AI Bots” to record and transcribe proceedings is also prohibited.

Unless ordered by the Court, all Court hearings are open for the general public to attend a courtroom to observe the proceedings (NOTE: courtrooms have limited seating available in the public gallery).

NOTE: AVL observer links are not available for matters listed for s 26 mediations, s 34 conciliation conferences and s 34AA conciliation and hearing (when in the matter is in conciliation).

To observe proceedings by audio visual link, go to observer link page.

To request to arrange or participate in a proceeding via Audio Visual link, refer to the AVL Protocol and AVL Guidelines.