Consolidated practice directions

 
'I have read the contents of this my witness statement 
and the documents referred to in it and I am satisfied 
that this is the evidence in chief which I wish to give 
at the trial of the proceeding.' 
 
13.
Where a witness refers to a document in their witness statement, they 
must identify the document by its description and its discovery number 
or, if an order has been made for a trial bundle to be filed, by a 
description of the document and by the page number in the trial bundle. 
If an order has been made for an electronic trial bundle to be filed, the 
document must be referred to by the document number assigned to it 
and the page number within that document. 
 
 
14.
Where witness statement orders have been made, every attempt should 
be made by practitioners to draft the statements in admissible form and 
to resolve questions relating to admissibility of evidence prior to seeking 
to enter the matter for trial.

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4. General Division - Civil 
PD 4.5 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
15.
Ordinarily, orders will be made requiring witness statements to be 
signed, but where the case manager concerned is satisfied that it is not 
practicable for a party to obtain a witness' signature to a statement, an 
order may be made that the witness statement be exchanged unsigned.
This Practice Direction should be read with O 67A r 3(6) and (7) for 
witness statements presented for filing via the ECMS or by email. 
16. Ordinarily orders will be made requiring witness statements to be 
prepared having regard to the Best Practice Guide 01/2009 issued by the 
Western Australian Bar Association entitled 'Preparing witness 
statements for use in civil cases' and will contain a certificate to that 
effect signed by the practitioner most responsible for the preparation of 
the statement.