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Contact Us Woy Woy Children's Court
| Location | Woy Woy Court House, 78-80 Blackwall Rd
Woy Woy 2256 |
| Nearest cross street | Railway Pde and Victoria Rd |
| Telephone and fax number | Ph: 4344 0111 Fax 43444831 |
| Hours of opening | 9am-1pm and 2pm-4pm Monday to Friday |
| Public Transport | Near WoyWoy railway station and buses as well as Brisbane Water and Palm Beach Ferry service at WoyWoy Wharf |
| Proximity to Public transport | Bus stop in front of court house and railway station 200m at intersection Blackwall Rd and Railway Pde
Ferry wharf approx 150m away |
| Frequency of public transport | Trains on North Shore and Newcastle lines run at least every ½ hour Mon-Fri, buses timetables available through Busways, ferries approx every hour |
| Proximity to shops | Woy Woy court is in the WoyWoy CBD adjacent to Woy Woy Leagues Club and very close to a range of shops cafes and restaurants. |
| Childrens Court sittings | Week 1: Monday and Friday
Week2 : Monday, Thursday and Friday
Week 3: Monday and Friday
Weeks 4 and 5 : Monday only |
| Callovers | No |
| Rostered sittings | Mondays : criminal list and defended
Fridays : care list and defended
2nd Thursday: defended only
note: defended Wyong matters may be adjourned to WoyWoy also |
| Police station | Brisbane Water Police stations: Gosford,WoyWoy, Terrigal, Kincumber- police matters listed on Mondays 9.30am |
| Department of Community Services | Gosford CSC
Care matters listed on Friday sitting days 9.30am |
| Duty solicitor | Private solicitors work on roster system coordinated by Central Coast Law Society
No ALS solicitors rostered for Childrens Court |
| Sep Rep for Children | Selected from annual roster of duty solicitors provided by Central Coast Law Society |
| Youth Court Support | Each Monday from Central Coast Youth Court Support based at Central Coast Legal Centre Wyong on 43530111 co-ordinator David McDonald days |
| Local Court sittings | Woy Woy is also a Local Court.
Local Court sits every Tuesday. Defended matters are adjourned to Gosford Court for hearing |
| Chamber Registrar | Chamber Registrar service available by appointment 4-5 days per week. Call office to arrange appointment.
Note: Chamber Registrar is also Registrar so no fulltime service available. Closest fulltime Chamber Registrar services are at Gosford or Hornsby courts. |
| Local Initiatives | Electronic lodgement of care documents project running at Woy Woy since July 2002. Proving very successful- would be a great initiative to operate statewide |
| WoyWoy building | Woy Woy Court is undergone extensive renovations to provide stateof the art facilities. These include a 6 cell complex within the building, Childrens Conference room, play areas, cross-justice agencies videolink facilities for remote witness,video conference and bail video links. |
| Public Telephone | Public telephone in foyer from February 2004
Other public phones nearby in Blackwall Rd and Woolworths Supermarket plaza |
Woy Woy Children's Court
Woy Woy Children's Court Staff - Open Day during Law Week 2004
LAW WEEK 2004 AT WOY WOY COURT HOUSE
OPEN DAY Wednesday 19th May 2004
SEMINAR PROGRAMME (in courtroom)
| 10-10.10am | Welcome and Introduction | Caroline Lagos |
| 10.10-10.30 | Your Local Court House
what is it that we do here? | Caroline Lagos
And Ian Girkin
(Registrar and OIC Sheriff’s Office) |
| 10.30-11 | Community Justice Centre | Don Burgin |
| 11-11.30am | Central Coast Community
Legal Centre | Merran Lawler |
| 11.30-12pm | Office of Fair Trading | Meagan Sharp |
| 12pm-12.45pm | LUNCH | FOYER |
| 12.45pm-1.15pm | Department of Juvenile Justice –transport unit | Michael Jones and Martin Van Deinsen |
| 1.15pm-1.45pm | Department of Juvenile Justice Gosford | Christine Sheeley and Cheryl Latu |
| 1.45pm-2.15pm | Premiers Department-
Peninsula Project Manager | Julie Parsons |
In addition to the seminar participants and other service providers will have information in the foyer during the course of the programme.
The Court House at Woy Woy is holding a seminar and information day on Wednesday 19th May 2004 in the foyer and courtroom of Woy Woy Court from 10.00am.
Woy Woy Court is pleased to provide this opportunity for the community to see the renovated public areas of the building and obtain information about legal and related services on the Central Coast as part of the Attorney General’s Department’s Law Week activities.
Woy Woy is now primarily a Childrens Court, but also has Local (adult) Court sittings and still provides the full range of local court registry and client services. Members of the public and organisations throughout the community are invited to attend this seminar starting at 10am. Please indicate your attendance for the seminar by phoning the court registry on 43440111 by Wednesday 12th May 2004 with your contact details.
The seminar will include speakers from a range of government organisations including the Community Justice Centre, Central Coast Community Legal Centre and Office of Fair Trading, Premiers Department and Department of Juvenile Justice as well as the Registrar of the Court and Sheriff’s Officers.
There will also be information provided by a range of organisations in the foyer during the course of the seminar allowing the public to drop in and get information about a range of Central Coast legal and related services.
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