Consolidated practice directions

Non-expert evidence: Witness outlines and witness statements 

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4. General Division - Civil 
PD 4.1.2
 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
25. The Usual Orders (PD 4.1.2.2) include standard orders in relation to the 
exchange of witness outlines.
26. The Usual Orders include orders in relation to witness statements as an 
alternative to orders in relation to witness outlines. However a party 
seeking to utilise witness statements for the purpose of leading 
evidence-in-chief will be required to satisfy the CMC List Judge that this 
course will better achieve the objects referred to in paragraph 3 of PD 
4.5, than if evidence were to be given orally in the usual way.
27. Ordinarily, the use of a witness statement will not be appropriate where 
contentious evidence is to be given of facts dependent on the recollection 
of the witness or where the credit of the witness is likely to be 
challenged on the topic.
Other processes applicable to CMC List cases 
 
28. CMC List cases before CMC List Judges will be listed for case 
management conferences generally at 9.15 am or 9.30 am. Parties are 
also encouraged to request the Associate to a CMC List Judge to list their 
matters on a 'not before' a specified later time should they have parental 
or carer's responsibilities, although this will be at the discretion of the 
relevant Judge. Counsel seeking to appear remotely in the CMC list 
should note the requirements set out in PD 1.2.6 par 30, 31A and 31B. 
29. Case Management Conferences will not ordinarily be adjourned 
indefinitely, but relisted for another conference on a specific date. Early 
identification of the matters truly in issue is a key focus of the CMC List - 
whether by pleadings or some other process appropriate to the