Court of Appeal
New appeal cases are initially reviewed for competency and, if necessary, referred back to legal representatives to either substantiate the claim of appeal as of right, or seek leave to appeal. Applications for leave to appeal are examined to ascertain whether they are suitable for hearing concurrently with the argument on appeal.
Appeals are allocated a directions call-over date before the Registrar when a notice of appeal is filed. At that call-over, the appeal may be listed for hearing if the appellant has filed written submissions and the red appeal book. Case management may be ordered with respect to lengthy or complex appeals.
The Registrar case-manages and lists most appeals and applications for leave to appeal, however some cases may be referred to a Judge of Appeal for special case management. Urgent cases are expedited and can be heard at short notice, if appropriate. The Registrar in the Court of Appeal also deals with most interlocutory applications, except applications to stay judgments pending an appeal.

Court of Criminal Appeal
Case management begins in the Court of Criminal Appeal when an appeal or application is filed in the registry. The appeal or application is listed for callover within two weeks of filing. Callovers are held fortnightly, although special callovers can be held in urgent matters. At the callover, the presiding Registrar will fix a hearing date and make directions for the filing and serving of submissions by the parties.
Generally, three Judges hear an appeal or application. The Chief Justice may also direct that more than three Judges sit on an appeal or application, particularly in matters involving an important issue of law. In some circumstances, the Chief Justice may direct that two Judges hear an appeal against sentence. A single judge hears sentence appeals from the Drug Court of New South Wales, and also deals with bail applications and other interlocutory applications in the Court.

Common Law Division
Case management in the Division begins when a summons or statement of claim is filed in the registry. Each summons or statement of claim (with the exception of default matters) is given a return date before a Judge or Registrar and placed in a List. A Judge is appointed to manage each List, whilst the Common Law List Judge monitors all matters listed for hearing before a Judge. Registrars of the Division handle default matters administratively.

There are a number of general lists to help manage the flow of the cases in the Court. These lists are:

• Common Law List
• Common Law Duty Judge’s List
• Associate Judges List

Lists of the Division
In addition to the above, the work of the Division is also distributed amongst a number of specialised Lists. These Lists (in alphabetical order) are:
• Administrative Law List;
• Bails List;
• Criminal List;
• Defamation List;
• General Case Management List;
• Possession List; and
• Professional Negligence List

Equity Division
Several general lists operate in the Equity Division to assist in managing the Division’s caseload:

• Expedition list;
• Short Matters list;
• Equity Duty Judge list;
• General list;
• Long Matters list, and
• Associate Judges’ list.

Lists of the Division
The Equity Division’s caseload is also managed by allocating certain matters to specific Lists according to the nature of the claims. These Lists are set out below in alphabetical order:
• Admiralty List;
• Adoptions List;
• Commercial List;
• Corporations List;
• Probate List;
• Protective List; and
• Technology and Construction List.