Consolidated practice directions

 
Non-contentious Probate Applications 
60. Applications made in the non-contentious probate jurisdiction can be 
made online using the Probate Online Application system at 
http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/ProbateOnlineForms/
. 

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1. Supreme Court Registry & Court of Appeal Office 
PD 1.2.2
 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
61. Unless applications are made using the Probate Online Application 
system, applications must be presented for filing either by post or by 
delivery to the Court in person. Applications can not be presented for 
filing electronically via the ECMS or by email. 
COURT OF APPEAL OFFICE 
62. Paragraphs 63 - 86 apply only to documents presented for filing in 
proceedings in the Court of Appeal. 
Filing electronically via the ECMS 
 
63.
 
From 3 May 2021,
a
ll documents in civil appeals must be filed 
electronically using the ECMS unless the Rules or these Practice 
Directions provide otherwise. 
 
64.
 
Order
 
67A r 3(1) and (3), and Practice Direction 1.1.4 
–
Exemptions to 
mandatory filing using the ECMS, provide exemptions to filing 
electronically using the ECMS. 
65. 
A document presented for filing electronically, if accepted for filing, is 
taken to have been filed on the day and at the time recorded by the 
ECMS. 
66. 
If a party presents a document for filing electronically within 48 hours 
of a hearing, that party must also immediately email the Court of 
Appeal Office (email: [e-mail]) to 
inform them that the document has been presented for filing. 
67. 
An application may be made to the Court of Appeal Registrar for 
permission to present a document for filing otherwise than via the 
ECMS. The Court of Appeal Registrar, for any good reason and 
without a formal application or request, may permit a person to 
present a document otherwise than via the ECMS (O 67A r 3(3)). An 
application may be made in writing addressed to the Court of Appeal 
Registrar. The email and postal address for the associate to the Court 
of Appeal Registrar can be found on the Court
’s 
website
. 
68. 
When giving permission, the Court of Appeal Registrar may give 
directions as to the manner in which the document is to be presented 
for filing (O 67A r 3(4)), including whether the document is presented 
to the Court of Appeal: 

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1. Supreme Court Registry & Court of Appeal Office 
PD 1.2.2
 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
(a) by emailing it; or 
(b) by delivering it to the Court of Appeal Office (refer to Practice 
Direction 1.1 for the address and opening hours); or 
(c) by posting it; or 
(d) by faxing it. 
69. 
Practice Direction 1.2.3 applies in relation to documents filed by post 
with the permission of the Court of Appeal Registrar.