District Court of Western Australia

The District Court is an intermediate trial court placing it between the Magistrates Court and the Supreme Court in the Western Australian courts hierarchy.

The District Court deals with serious criminal offences including serious assaults, sexual assaults, serious fraud and commercial theft, burglary and drug offences. The District Court also determines civil claims up to $750,000 and has unlimited jurisdiction in claims for damages for personal injury.

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Notice to Practitioners - Affidavits
The Court has observed that there are a series of recurring deficiencies with some of the affidavits filed in the Court. [7/05/2013 ]
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Notice to Practitioners - Criminal
Lodgment of Briefs

The Court has today revised and reissued Practice Direction CRIM 2 of 2011 Lodgment of Briefs. Two amendments were made. This first is to permit the prosecutor to use double sided copies in the copy of the brief provided to the Court. [1/05/2013 ]
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Notice to Practitioners-updated Inactive Case List
This Notice to Practitioners supplements the information in the Notice to Practitioners issued on 10 April 2013 in response to the decision of the Court of Appeal in Ruby v Doric Constructions (Australia) Pty Ltd [2013] WASCA 94. [17/04/2013]
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