Consolidated practice directions

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1. 
The Court no longer includes 'Case(s) also cited' in the reasons for 
decision of the Court. 
2. 
The practice has involved the Court in the expenditure of considerable 
resources disproportionate to the benefit derived from inclusion of this 
category of cases. 
3. 
The cessation of this practice is consistent with Olsson, L T, 
Guide to 
Uniform Production of Judgments
, 2nd ed (Carlton South, Vic, AIJA, 1999), 
which is intended to promote the uniform production of judgments 
nationally. 

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8. Reasons for Decision 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
8.2.5
Removal of judgments from the internet 
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Definitions 
1. 
In this Practice Direction: 
Accessible repository
includes, but is not limited to, the Supreme Court 
of Western Australia website (www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au) and the 
Australian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) judgment repositories 
on the Internet; 
Application to the Court
includes a written application; 
Judgment
includes the reasons, orders, catchwords and other 
identifying details; 
Identified judgment
means any judgment that may impact on jury 
deliberations in a particular trial; 
Medium neutral citation
means the year, court identifier and decision 
number of a judgment, for example, 
Jones v Smith
 
[1999] WASC 12 (see 
Practice Direction 8.2.2). 
Introduction 
2. 
The purpose of this Practice Direction is to ensure, for jury trials, that an 
electronic version of a judgment, which details specifics of the 
proceedings or related proceedings, is removed from the Internet for the 
duration of the trial or another appropriate period. It applies in 
circumstances other than those in which the Court, in the exercise of its 
own discretion, identifies a risk of prejudice and temporarily withholds 
or removes a judgment from publication through an accessible 
repository.
Process 
3. 
A party that locates an identified judgment in an accessible repository is 
to bring the judgment, its relationship to the forthcoming proceedings 
and its location to the attention of the Court and all parties to the case. 
4. 
If satisfied, and subject to any order otherwise, the Court will, in the 
normal course, direct that the identified judgment be removed 
immediately from the accessible repository and will not be restored until 
21 days after the conclusion of the proceedings, to allow for the 
possibility of an appeal. If an appeal is filed the judgment will not be 
restored until after the appeal has been determined, or if it is clear from 
the grounds of appeal that there is no prospect of a re-trial.

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8. Reasons for Decision 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
8.2.6
Published Written Sentencing Remarks (Refer to PD 5.7)