Resources and legislation

Applications and information

• Civil appeals (PDF, 400.1 KB)
• Civil applications (PDF, 175.3 KB)
• Appeals against a criminal conviction (PDF, 452.8 KB)
• Criminal applications from the District Court to the Court of Appeal - s. 118 (PDF, 529.9 KB)
• Application for leave to appeal against sentence (PDF, 444.1 KB)
• Guideline for preparation of civil appeal record books (PDF, 529.4 KB)

Resources

• Search and copy Court of Appeal documents
• Daily law list
• Supreme Court Library Queensland
• Legal versus procedural advice
• Auscript Australasia (transcripts and recordings)
• Australasian Legal Information Institute (copies of judgments)

Judges of the Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal comprises either three or five judges of the Supreme Court.

Click the links to visit the judge profiles on the Supreme Court Library Queensland, including speeches and publications:

• The Honourable Justice Hugh Fraser
• The Honourable Justice Robert Gotterson
• The Honourable Justice Philip McMurdo
• The Honourable Justice Philip Morrison
• The Honourable Justice Anthe Philippides
• The Honourable Justice Walter Sofronoff (President)

Legislation

The following legislation may help you in preparing your case for the Court of Appeal:

• Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (particularly Chapter 18)
• Civil Proceedings Act 2011
• Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991
• Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld) (particularly Chapter 67)
• Criminal Practice Rules 1999 (particularly Chapter 15)

Practice direction

The Supreme Court practice direction 3/2013  (PDF, 67.4 KB) contains important information about using the Court of Appeal.