Jurisdiction, Procedures and Administration of Local Courts

[1988] WALRC 73

Western Australian Law Reform Commission

Australia - Western Australia

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Constitution
Local Courts Amendment Act 1982 (WA)
Magistrates Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Act 1982 (ACT)	s5
Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth)
Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)	s39
Marriage Act 1961 (Cth)	s9, s12, s16
Australia Act 1986 (Cth)
Marriage Amendment Act 1976 (Cth)	s30, s31
Service and Execution of Process Act 1901 (Cth)
Federal Court Rules (Cth)
Animals Act 1977 (NSW)	s5
District Court Act 1973 (NSW)	s32, s33, s34, s51, s139
Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)	s54, s55
Sunday (Service of Process) Act 1984 (NSW)
District Court Rules 1973 (NSW)
Supreme Court Rules (NSW)
Courts of Petty Sessions (Civil Claims) Act 1970 (NSW)
Justices Act 1902 (NSW)
Local Courts Act 1982 (NSW)
Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (NSW)
Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act 1970 (NSW)	s24, s41, s56, s57, s63, s154A, s26, s36, s42, s43, s44, s46, s48, s49, s50, s51, s55, s62, s64, s69, s71, s12, s23A, s46, s47, s3, s12, s14, s17, s18, s19, s24, s60, s62, s63, s64, s69, s71, s73, s74
Magistrates Courts Act 1921 (Qld)	s4
Supreme Court Act 1935 (SA)	s25, s32, s34, s50
Sale of Goods Act 1895 (SA)	s51
County Court Act 1958 (Vic)	s34, s51
Lunacy Act 1903 (Vic)
Magistrates' Courts Act 1971 (Vic)
Magistrates (Summary Proceedings) Act 1975 (Vic)
Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972 (WA)	s48
Bail Act 1982 (WA)	s35, s37, s43, s46, s49, s50
Dog Act 1976 (WA)	s17
Debt Collectors Licensing Act 1964 (WA)	s8, s9
District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 (WA)
Dividing Fences Act 1961 (WA)
Distress for Rent Abolition Act 1936 (WA)	s2
Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act 1970 (WA)
Evidence Act 1906 (WA)	s110, s111
Employment Agents Act 1976 (WA)	s25
Firearms Act 1973 (WA)	s22
Interpretation Act 1984 (WA)	s16, s32, s60
Law Reform Commission Act 1972 (WA)	s11
Mining Act 1978 (WA)
Public Trustee Act 1941 (WA)	s2, s24, s49
Restraint of Debtors Act 1984 (WA)
Road Traffic Act 1974 (WA)
Supreme Court Act 1935 (WA)	s51
Suitors' Fund Act 1964 (WA)	s10
Strata Titles Act 1985 (WA)	s36
Transfer of Land Act (WA)
Local Court Rules 1961 (WA)	s1.1, s1.2, s2.3, s2.9, s4.4, s4.7, s5.1, s5.3, s5.5, s5.6, s5.7, s6.2, s6.3, s6.9, s7.2, s7.3, s8.1, s8.2, s11.2
Acts Amendment (Expert Evidence) Act 1976 (WA)
Acts Amendment (Actions for Damages) Act 1986 (WA)
Adoption of Children Act 1896 (WA)
Commercial Arbitration Act 1985 (WA)
Child Welfare Act 1947 (WA)
Declarations and Attestations Act 1913 (WA)
Evidence Amendment Act 1987 (WA)
Family Court Act 1975 (WA)
Local Courts Act 1904 (WA)
Local Courts Amendment Act 1987 (WA)
Local Courts Amendment Act (No 2) 1987 (WA)
Local Government Act 1960 (WA)
Legal Practitioners Act 1893 (WA)
Mining Amendment Act 1985 (WA)
Mental Health Act 1962 (WA)
Married Women's Property Act 1892 (WA)
Nurses Act 1968 (WA)
Pearling Act 1912 (WA)
Supreme Court Act 1880 (WA)
Supreme Court Amendment Act (No 2) 1982 (WA)
Small Claims Tribunals Act 1974 (WA)
Small Debts Ordinance (WA)
Stipendiary Magistrates Amendment Act 1986 (WA)
Workers' Compensation and Assistance Act 1981 (WA)	s30, s32, s47A, s47B, s27, s74, s75, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7, s8, s9, s10, s11, s12, s14, s16, s18, s23, s24, s29, s30, s31, s32, s33, s34, s35, s36, s36A, s38A, s39, s40, s41, s42, s43, s44, s45, s46, s47, s47A, s47B, s50, s51, s53, s54, s55, s56, s57, s58, s59, s61, s62, s63, s64, s65, s66, s69, s70, s71, s72, s73, s74, s75, s76, s77, s78, s79, s80, s81, s82, s84, s87, s88, s90, s91, s92, s93, s94, s98, s99, s100, s102, s103, s106, s106C, s106H, s106K, s106N, s107, s108, s112, s113, s114, s119, s135, s156, s58W, s1, s4, s16, s17, s24, s31, s32, s39

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court †	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index
"Arbitration - duty of arbitrator to find facts necessary in law to support conclusion; Damages - multiple causes, party liable for one cause liable for all damages: Friend & Brooker Pty Ltd v Council of the Shire of Eurobodalla" [1994] ANZRIArbMedr 21	(1994) 13 Arbitration 15	Arbitration	Australia	circa 1994	AustLII	2
"The Inherent Jurisdiction of the Court"	(1983) 57 Australian Law Journal 449	Australian Law Journal	Australia	circa 1983	Legal Online	77
"Court witnesses–a desirable or undesirable encroachment on the adversary system?"	(1982) 56 Australian Law Journal 234	Australian Law Journal	Australia	circa 1982	Legal Online	12
(1984) 3 Civil Justice Quarterly 118	(1984) 3 Civil Justice Quarterly 118	Civil Justice Quarterly	United Kingdom	circa 1984	Westlaw	2
Pink v J A Sharwood & Co , Ld	[1913] UKLawRpCh 76; [1913] 2 Ch 286	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	26 Jun 1913	CommonLII	20
Wheeler v Le Marchant	[1881] UKLawRpCh 106; (1881) 17 Ch D 675	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	6 Apr 1881	CommonLII	204
Higginson v Hall	[1879] UKLawRpCh 6; 10 Ch D 235	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	11 Jan 1879	CommonLII	5
Wray v Milestone	[1839] EngR 357; 151 ER 10; (1839) 5 M & W 21	Court of Exchequer	United Kingdom	circa 1839	CommonLII	3
740 Bunb 2	740 Bunb 2	Court of Exchequer	United Kingdom	circa 1994		2
Kenny v Preen	[1962] EWCA Civ 2; [1963] 1 QB 499; [1962] 3 All ER 814; [1962] 3 WLR 1233	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	15 Oct 1962	BAILII	65
Taylor v Johnson	[1983] HCA 5; (1983) 151 CLR 422; 45 ALR 265; (1983) 57 ALJR 197	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	23 Feb 1983	AustLII	614
Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners	[1949] HCA 1; 78 CLR 62; [1949] ALR 333; 23 ALJR 48	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1949	AustLII	2320
Waterloo Pastoral Co Ltd v FCT	[1946] HCA 30; (1946) 72 CLR 262; 8 ATD 165; 3 AITR 329	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	19 Sep 1946	AustLII	17
Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board v Federated Seamen's Union of Australasia	[1925] HCA 27; (1925) 36 CLR 442; 31 ALR 352	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Aug 1925	AustLII	79
Spain v Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd	[1923] HCA 21; (1923) 32 CLR 138; 29 ALR 311	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 May 1923	AustLII	118
Burton v Shire of Bairnsdale	[1908] HCA 57; (1908) 7 CLR 76; 14 ALR 529	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Sep 1908	AustLII	256
Norwich Pharmacal Co v Customs and Excise Commissioners	[1973] UKHL 6; [1974] AC 133; [1973] 2 All ER 943; [1973] 3 WLR 164; [1973] FSR 365; [1974] RPC 101	House of Lords	United Kingdom	26 Jun 1973	BAILII	421
John Jones v Tanner, Executor of Benjamin Jones	[1827] EngR 101; 108 ER 825; (1827) 7 B & C 542	Kings Bench	United Kingdom	circa 1827	CommonLII	5
MacLaurin v Hall	[1913] NSWStRp 4; (1913) 13 SR (NSW) 114; 30 WN (NSW) 26	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	24 Feb 1913	AustLII	10
Granville, Borough of v Armstrong	[1897] NSWLawRp 91; 18 LR (NSW) 426; 14 WN (NSW) 63	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	27 Oct 1897	AustLII	2
O'Brien v Wilson	[1894] NSWLawRp 67; 15 LR (NSW) 291; 11 WN (NSW) 53	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	27 Jul 1894	AustLII	3
Stanley v Hill	(1984) 37 SASR 135; [1984] Aust Torts Reports 80-651	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1984	Legal Online / Westlaw	3
Fairclough v Strathmont Haulage Pty Ltd	(1981) 28 SASR 456	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1981	Legal Online / Westlaw	9
Devon Constructions Pty Ltd v Spehr	(1977) 37 SASR 139	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1977	Legal Online / Westlaw	2
Watson v Anderson	(1976) 13 SASR 329	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1976	Legal Online / Westlaw	100
Taxation, Commissioner of State v Mark Chew Holdings Pty Ltd	(1987) 4 SR (WA) 129	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	circa 1987		2
Wannal Pty Ltd v Jericho Nominees Pty Ltd	(1985) 2 SR (WA) 297	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	circa 1985		4
Sirgo Pty Ltd v AS Long Aviation Pty Ltd	(1985) 2 SR (WA) 344	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	circa 1985		2
Fisher v Callaghan	(1985) 2 SR (WA) 333	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	circa 1985		3
Hamzah v Stephenson	(1983) 2 SR (WA) 40	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	circa 1983		2
Reid v Nundle	(1982) 1 SR (WA) 394	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	circa 1982		2
Lake v Taggart	(1978) 1 SR (WA) 89	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	circa 1978		4
Elliott v Palmiero & Petrucci	(1978) 1 SR (WA) 173	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	circa 1978		3
Hulbert v Oxford Spares Pty Ltd	(1978) 1 SR (WA) 169	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	circa 1978		2
"Equitable Jurisdiction of the Inferior Courts in Western Australia, The"	(1979-1982) 14 University of Western Australia Law Review 150	University of Western Australia Law Review	Australia - Western Australia	circa 1982	HeinOnline	7
Spira v Spira	[1939] 3 All ER 924		United Kingdom	circa 1939	LexisNexis	9
Pollard v Incorporated Nominal Defendant	[1972] VicRp 110; [1972] VR 955		Australia - Victoria	30 May 1972	AustLII	34
R v Bloomsbury & Marylebone County Court ex parte Villerwest Ltd	[1976] 1 All ER 897; [1976] 1 WLR 362		United Kingdom	circa 1976	LexisNexis	45
Perry, In re; Ex parte Griffith	[1931] WALawRp 16; (1931) 34 WALR 66		Australia - Western Australia	15 Sep 1931	AustLII	4
Clack v Arthurs Engineering Ltd	[1959] 2 All ER 503		United Kingdom	circa 1959	LexisNexis	5
Godden v Alford	[1960] WAR 235		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1960	LexisNexis AU	15
Findlay v Railway Executive	[1950] 2 All ER 969; [1950] WN 570		United Kingdom	circa 1950	LexisNexis	29
R v Cheshire County Court Judge and United Society of Boilermakers; ex parte Malone	[1921] 2 KB 694; [1921] All ER 344		United Kingdom	circa 1921	LexisNexis / Westlaw	13
R v O'Neill; Ex parte Moran	(1985) 58 ACTR 26		Australia - Australian Capital Territory	circa 1985	LexisNexis AU	5
R v Smith; Ex parte Mack	[1970] WAR 60		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1970	LexisNexis AU	4
R v Smith; Ex parte Mann	[1974] WAR 131		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1974	LexisNexis AU	2
Huebel & Huebel v Holt & Holt	[1969] VicRp 56; [1969] VR 462		Australia - Victoria	21 Oct 1968	AustLII	3
Dyson v Fletcher's Delivery Service	[1930] WALawRp 38; (1930) 33 WALR 74		Australia - Western Australia	24 Nov 1930	AustLII	2
Jerinic v Metropolitan Passenger Transport Trust	[1969] WAR 132		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1969	LexisNexis AU	4
Dunlop Olympic Ltd v Ellis	[1986] WAR 8		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1986	LexisNexis AU	6
Re b	[1981] 2 NSWLR 372		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1981	LexisNexis AU	91
Chambers v Tabrum	(1920) 1 KB 840		United Kingdom	circa 1920	LexisNexis / Westlaw	2
Samuels v Linzi Dresses Ltd	[1981] 1 KB 115		United Kingdom	circa 1981	LexisNexis / Westlaw	2
Challis v Watson	[1913] UKLawRpKQB 24; [1913] 1 KB 547		United Kingdom	7 Feb 1913	CommonLII	3
Maddison v Barker	[1981] Tas R 379		Australia - Tasmania	circa 1981		2
Small Claims	(1972) 35 MLR 18		Malaysia	circa 1972		2
Marshall Brothers v Weston	[1902] WALawRp 7; (1902) 4 WALR 99		Australia - Western Australia	30 Apr 1902	AustLII	2
Smith v McCashney	[1925] WALawRp 6; (1925) 27 WALR 117		Australia - Western Australia	31 Mar 1925	AustLII	2
McKenzie v McKenzie	[1970] 3 All ER 1034; [1971] P 33; [1970] 3 WLR 472		United Kingdom	circa 1970	LexisNexis	204
Smith v Pattison	51 WN (NSW) 137		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1994		2
National Bank of Australasia Ltd v Trout	(1979) 2 NZLR 303		New Zealand	circa 1979	LexisNexis	5
Solomon v Mulliner	[1901] 1 KB 76		United Kingdom	circa 1901	LexisNexis / Westlaw	7
Davies v British Geon Ltd	[1956] 3 All ER 389		United Kingdom	circa 1956	LexisNexis	3
Bush v Green	[1985] 1 WLR 1143		United Kingdom	circa 1985	LexisNexis / Westlaw	5
Palmer v Prince	[1980] WAR 61		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1980	LexisNexis AU	70
Sparks v Bellotti	[1981] WAR 65		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1981	LexisNexis AU	37
Paspati v Paspati	[1914] UKLawRpPro 6; [1914] P 110		United Kingdom	9 Mar 1914	CommonLII	3
Franklyn v Gibbs	[1952] QWN 30; 46 QJPR 128		Australia - Queensland	circa 1952		4
Egerton v Shirley	[1945] KB 107		United Kingdom	circa 1945	LexisNexis / Westlaw	3
Builders ’ Licensing Board v Inglis	(1985) 1 NSWLR 592		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1985	LexisNexis AU	25
Hubbard Association of Scientologists International v Anderson	[1972] VicRp 37; [1972] VR 340		Australia - Victoria	20 Oct 1971	AustLII	58
Stephenson v Garnett	[1898] UKLawRpKQB 22; [1898] 1 QB 677		United Kingdom	7 Feb 1898	CommonLII	132
Donnelly v Day	[1972] WAR 6		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1972	LexisNexis AU	2
Sydney City Council v Paul Dainty Corporation Pty Ltd & Royal Agricultural Society of NSW	[1983] 2 NSWLR 608; (1983) 51 LGRA 38; 1982) 4 ALD 358		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1982	LexisNexis AU	53
Kingswood Estate Co Ltd v Anderson	[1963] 2 QB 169		United Kingdom	circa 1963	LexisNexis / Westlaw	32
Buckland v Watts	[1969] 2 All ER 985		United Kingdom	circa 1969	LexisNexis	5
Lutz v Goers	[1931] SAStRp 43; [1931] SASR 366		Australia - South Australia	20 Aug 1931	AustLII	2
British Steel Corporation v Granada Television Ltd	[1981] AC 1096; [1981] 1 All ER 417; [1980] 3 WLR 774		United Kingdom	circa 1981	LexisNexis / Westlaw	183
Marks and Sons Pty Ltd v The Ridd Milking Machine Co Ltd	[1923] VLR 435		Australia - Victoria	circa 1923		7
Vella v Ivanovski	[1984] WAR 8		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1984	LexisNexis AU	11
Moore Properties (Ilford) Ltd v McKeon	[1977] 1 All ER 262; [1976] 1 WLR 1278		United Kingdom	circa 1977	LexisNexis	7
Walsh v Lonsdale	[1882] UKLawRpCh 85; (1882) 21 Ch D 9; 46 LT 858; (1881) 51 All ER Rep Ext 1690; 52 LJCh 2		United Kingdom	29 Mar 1882	CommonLII	281
Paget v McKenzie	(1907) 9 WALR 106		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1907		3
Bourne v McDonald	[1950] 2 KB 422		United Kingdom	circa 1950	LexisNexis / Westlaw	3
Birkbeck v Crowley	(1925) 42 WN (NSW) 86		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1925		5
Hondros & Tholet v Chesson	[1981] WAR 146		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1981	LexisNexis AU	23
Bellenger v Watson	(1980) 3 NTR 28; (1980) 40 FLR 293		Australia - Northern Territory	circa 1980	LexisNexis AU	6
Kidd v Horgan	[1930] WALawRp 15; (1930) 32 WALR 117		Australia - Western Australia	27 May 1930	AustLII	3
Barbagallo v J & F Catelan Pty Ltd	[1986] 1 Qd R 245		Australia - Queensland	circa 1986	LexisNexis AU	32
De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd v Howe	[1906] UKLawRpAC 41; [1905] UKLawRpKQB 119; [1906] AC 455; (1905) 2 KB 612		United Kingdom	8 Jun 1905	CommonLII	73
BP Australia Ltd v Town of Albany	[1964] WAR 40; (1963) 10 LGRA 46		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1964	LexisNexis AU	4
Davies v Rustproof Metal Window Co Ltd	(1943) 1 KB 299; [1943] 1 All ER 248		United Kingdom	circa 1943	LexisNexis / Westlaw	6
Wyatt v Tetlow	[1925] WALawRp 27; (1925) 28 WALR 49		Australia - Western Australia	23 Oct 1925	AustLII	2
Evans v Bartlam	[1937] AC 473; [1937] 2 All ER 646; (1937) 53 TLR 689		United Kingdom	circa 1937	LexisNexis / Westlaw	893
Australia Ltd v Smeaton	[1966] VR 271		Australia - Victoria	circa 1966	LexisNexis AU	2
De Vries v Smallridge	[1928] 1 KB 482; [1927] All ER 613		United Kingdom	circa 1928	LexisNexis / Westlaw	18
Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order	[1981] SI 1981		United Kingdom	circa 1981		9
Pascoe v Nominal Defendant (Qld) (No 2)	[1964] Qd R 373; 58 QJPR 65		Australia - Queensland	circa 1964	LexisNexis AU	21
Aiken v Aiken	[1941] VicLawRp 4; [1941] VLR 124; [1941] ALR 159		Australia - Victoria	21 Feb 1941	AustLII	10
Alexander v Ajax Insurance Co Ltd	[1956] VicLawRp 5; [1956] VLR 436; [1956] ALR 1077		Australia - Victoria	13 Jan 1956	AustLII	122
K v K	[1977] 1 All ER 577		United Kingdom	circa 1977	LexisNexis	2
McDougall v Nuylassy	[1908] WALawRp 45; (1908) 10 WALR 147		Australia - Western Australia	19 Nov 1908	AustLII	2

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