Consolidated practice directions

The State of Western Australia v Smith
(Unreported, WASCSR, INS 1 of 
2010, 30 January 2010) would indicate that the prosecutor was the State 
of Western Australia, the offender's last name was Smith, the remarks 
are unreported, the offender was sentenced in the Western Australian 
Supreme Court, the decision contains the sentencing remarks, the 
indictment which resulted in the sentence was the first indictment filed 
in the Supreme Court in 2010 and that the offender was sentenced on 
30 January 2010.

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8. Reasons for Decision 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
8.2.3
Categorisation of Reasons for Decision for Publication 
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1. 
All reasons for decision of the Supreme Court, as published by the Court 
since 1 August 2001, have the heading 'Category' which appears after 
the heading 'Result' on the decision. 
2. 
There are four categories of reasons for decision as follows: 
Category A
- Those of significance and/or of current interest by virtue of 
their discussion or application of legal principle. 
Category B
- Those which are more routine in nature, either because 
they turn on their own facts or are routine examples of the application of 
well known and understood principles. Decisions of this kind would 
not normally warrant reporting or uploading into a national database.
Category C
- Those containing data indicating current levels of 
assessment of damages, either generally or in particular categories of 
cases.
Category D
- Those which contain data indicating current levels of 
sentence for offences generally or in particular categories of cases. 
3. 
The applicable category is identified adjacent to the Category heading. 

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8. Reasons for Decision 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
8.2.4
Deletion of 'Case(s) also cited' from Reasons for Decision