Review of the criminal and civil justice system in Western Australia
         
 

Final Report (September 1999)

 

Foreword

41 kb

Section I

Overview - Reform of Justice System

 

Chapter 1

Touchstones

55 kb

Section II

The Justice System

 

Chapter 2

The Justice System

16 kb

Chapter 3

The Civil System

65 kb

Chapter 4

The Criminal System

49 kb

Chapter 5

Measuring the Justice System

23 kb

Section III

The Adversarial System

 

Chapter 6

The Adversarial System of Civil Litigation

48 kb

Chapter 7

The Adversarial System of Criminal Litigation

60 kb

Section IV

The Civil System

 

Chapter 8

Civil System - Overview

42 kb

Chapter 9

Means of Commencing Civil Proceedings

41 kb

Chapter 10

Pleadings

66 kb

Chapter 11

Alternative Dispute Resolution

72 kb

Chapter 12

Case Management

18 kb

Chapter 13

Disclosure

48 kb

Chapter 14

Summary Judgment, Interlocutory Injunctions and Trials of Preliminary Issues

51 kb

Chapter 15

Written and Oral Submissions

10 kb

Chapter 16

Civil System - Costs

99 kb

Chapter 17

Local Courts

83 kb

Chapter 18

Self-Represented Litigants

55 kb

Chapter 19

Unreasonable and Malicious Litigants

19 kb

Section V

Evidence

 

Chapter 20

Evidence

51 kb

Chapter 21

Limits of Examination and Cross-examination

30 kb

Chapter 22

Expert Evidence

49 kb

Section VI

Criminal System

 

Chapter 23

Criminal System - Overview

13 kb

Chapter 24

The 'Right to Silence'

56 kb

Chapter 25

Alternative Criminal Charge Resolution

51 kb

Chapter 26

Joinder

49 kb

Chapter 27

Criminal Process in the Court of Petty Sessions

81 kb

Chapter 28

Preliminary Hearings

57 kb

Chapter 29

Criminal Process in the Higher Courts

56 kb

Chapter 30

Trial by Judge Alone

48 kb

Chapter 31

Criminal System - Costs

53 kb

Section VII

Special Areas

 

Chapter 32

Appeals

49 kb

Chapter 33

Boards and Tribunals

55 kb

Chapter 34

The Court Environment

58 kb

Chapter 35

Technology and Justice

57 kb

Chapter 36

The Legal Profession

22 kb

Chapter 37

Private Civil Courts

10 kb

Recommendations

 

Appendix 1

Acknowledgments

45 kb

Appendix 2

Glossary

62 kb

Bibliography

Bibliography

24 kb

  LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS 209 kb