The Supreme Court of Western Australia has produced a 
consolidated document for use by the legal community and members of the public as a guide on practice and procedure in the Court, incorporating Practice Directions, notices to practitioners and various other documents published by the Court regarding its practice.
With the publication of the Consolidated Practice Directions on 22 January 2009 all former Directions and Notices to Practitioners are terminated in their operation.
The idea behind the consolidation was essentially to produce a scheme of Practice Directions arranged by subject area. Old Practice Directions which are no longer relevant have been removed; so too have those that have become so entrenched in practice that specific direction is no longer required.
New Practice Directions and amendments to current directions will be added to the document as they are issued during the year (a table of amendments appears at page v of the document); as well as being posted on the Court's website (under 'What's New').
The document will be reviewed during the year, and it is anticipated that an updated version will be issued at the beginning of each year.
Click here to download the consolidated Practice Directions.
