Review of the criminal and civil justice system in Western Australia
         
 

Consultation Papers (June 1999)

VOLUME 1  
Section 1 Overview
1.1

The Touchstones of a Justice System

111 kb
1.2

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Adversarial System in Civil Proceedings

240 kb
1.3

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Adversarial System in Criminal Proceedings

179 kb
1.4

Measuring the Effectiveness of the Justice System

222 kb
Section 2

Civil System

2.1

The Civil Justice System in Western Australia - An Overview

401 kb
2.2

Case Management

131 kb
2.3

Court Based or Community Alternative Dispute Resolution and Alternative Forums for Adjudication

214 kb
2.4

Means of Commencing Civil Proceedings

68 kb
2.5

Pleadings - Sacrificing the Sacrosanct

233 kb
2.6

Discovery - Should the Whistleblowers Stop the Train of Inquiry?

219 kb
2.7

Summary Judgment, Preliminary Issues and Written and Oral Submissions

144 kb
2.8

The Procedure of the Local Court

121 kb
2.9

Costs in Civil Proceedings

332 kb
2.10

Self-represented Litigants

186 kb
2.11

Unreasonable and Vexatious Litigants

97 kb
VOLUME 2

 

Section 3

Evidence

3.1

Aspects of the Law of Evidence

188 kb
3.2

Curtailing Irrelevant or Unduly Protracted Cross-examination and Testimony

166 kb
3.3

Expert Evidence

164 kb
Section 4

Criminal System

4.1

An Overview of the Present Criminal Justice System in Western Australia

106 kb
4.2

Right to Silence

177 kb
4.3

Alternative Dispute Resolution in Criminal Matters

161 kb
4.4

Joinder of Charges and Joinder of Accused

136 kb
4.5

Pre-trial and Trial Practice in the Court of Petty Sessions

142 kb
4.6

Preliminary Hearings

198 kb
4.7

Pre-trial Case Management and Trial Procedure for Trials for Indictment

163 kb
4.8

Trial by Judge Alone

129 kb
4.9

Costs in Criminal Proceedings

160 kb
Section 5

Special Areas

5.1

Appeals

199 kb
5.2

Court Perspectives: Architecture, Psychology and Western Australian Law Reform

487 kb
5.3

Justice and Technology

268 kb
5.4

The Role of the Legal Profession in Civil and Criminal Proceedings

115 kb