Greater Sydney Area
The NSW Crown Solicitor's Office operates as a Public Service Executive Agency related to the Department of Justice, with the Crown Solicitor as head of the agency. The Crown Solicitor provides legal services to the State Government of NSW in all matters regarded as core to government functions. The Crown Solicitor also provides general commercial, or untied, services to the Government and its agencies, and compete with private sector law firms for this work. The CSO is on the legal panels of several NSW government departments and agencies.
The NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet has primary responsibility for leading the public sector in the delivery of the Government's commitments and priorities. This includes managing and co-ordinating the various Agency plans to deliver the NSW Government Strategy and Priorities.
part of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet Previously known as the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water