Consolidated practice directions

Appeals 
6. 
Subject to par 9 below, when an appeal against a sentencing decision is 
instituted, the Court of Appeal requires an appellant to include in the 
appeal book the published written sentencing remarks.
7. 
The published written sentencing remarks will be used by the Court of 
Appeal as the record of the reasons for sentence. 
8. 
A party to an appeal is still able to argue, if electing to do so, that the 
published written sentencing remarks do not accurately or fully reflect 
what the judge said during sentence. In those circumstances the Court 
of Appeal would be able to compare the audio recording or the original 

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5. General Division 
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 Criminal 
 
 
PD 5.7 
transcript (which are retained in the court files) with the published 
written sentencing remarks. 
9. 
If, at the time an appeal book is prepared, the published written 
sentencing remarks are not available to the parties, the transcript of the 
oral sentencing remarks should be included in the appeal book. An 
application for a copy of the transcript of the sentencing remarks should 
be made to the Principal Registrar in accordance with par 4. 
Citation of Published Written Sentencing Remarks 
10. For the citation of published written sentencing remarks refer to 8.2.2, 
pars 5 - 6. 

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5. General Division - Criminal 
 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
5.8
Case Management 
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Criminal case management 
 
1. 
Criminal case management involves the continuous control of a case 
by the case manager, who monitors each case on a flexible basis. Cases 
will be selected for management in accordance with the processes set 
out in these directions at the discretion of a judge, having regard to 
complexity, likely length of trial, issues that have arisen prior to trial 
and any other relevant considerations.