Foreword

Foreword

PART I:

Issues Within the Terms of Reference

Section 1

The Justice System

1.1

Access to Justice

1.2

Delay

1.3

Fairness

1.4

Simplify the Law and the System

1.5

Adversarial System

1.6

Legal Profession

1.7

Costs and Contingency Fees

Section 2 

Courts

2.1

Courts of Western Australia

2.2

Court Facilities

2.3

Tribunals

2.4

Justices of the Peace

Section 3

The Civil System

3.1

Commencing Civil Proceedings

3.2

Alternative Dispute Resolution in Civil Matters

3.3

Pleadings

3.4

Case Management

3.5

Discovery

3.6

Summary Judgment

3.7

Civil Procedural Issues

Section 4

The Criminal System

4.1

Right to Silence

4.2

ADR in Criminal Matters

4.3

Preliminary Hearings

4.4 

Trial by Judge Alone or Jury

4.5 

Criminal Procedural Issues

Section 5

Other Issues

5.1

Appeals

5.2

Evidence

5.3

Litigants

5.4

Technology

PART II:

Issues Outside the Terms of Reference

6.1

Indigenous Australian

6.2

Poignant Personal Grievances

6.3

Criminal Issues

6.4

Role of the Police

6.5

Bail

6.6

Juveniles

6.7 

Public Defenders’ Office

6.8

Sentencing and Punishment

6.9

Victims

6.10

Other Issues

Apendices  

Acknowledgments