Consolidated practice directions

particular case. Formal non-admissions or denials of matters not 
substantially in issue are actively discouraged. 
30. Where a party is represented by a solicitor or counsel, it is not necessary 
for a party also to attend a case management conference other than 
strategic and mediation conferences, unless required to do so by 
subpoena or other order of the Court. 
31. Mediation by a registrar is a holistic part of the management process, 
and, in general, no case is to be listed for trial without the mediation 
process having first been exhausted. 

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4. General Division - Civil 
PD 4.1.2
 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
32. Innovative approaches to expert evidence are encouraged, including the 
parties conferring with a view to agreeing some or all of the facts upon 
which the expert opinions are to be based and the questions to be 
addressed to the experts. Conferral of experts without lawyers or 
Counsel present prior to trial is normally ordered. The conferral may be 
facilitated by a Registrar at the request of the parties or by 
the Court’s 
own initiative. The taking of expert evidence concurrently at trial is to be 
considered. 
33. The operation of the CMC List is to be kept under constant review, and 
changes are made to its procedures as often as necessary to ensure that 
the cases within it are brought to a just resolution as quickly and as 
efficiently as possible. The same general principles apply to guide the 
Registrars in the management of cases outside the CMC List. 
Removal from the CMC List 
34. The application by a party seeking to have a matter removed from the 
CMC List under O 4A r 13(3) shall be by informal application to the Case 
Manager, with notice to the other parties. 
35. Otherwise removal of a case from the CMC List shall be at the discretion 
of a CMC List Judge or Master. 

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4. General Division - Civil 
 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
4.1.2.1.
CMC List - Summons (Revoked)