Hon Adele Farina questions why the Attorney General's department doesn't track the number of civil and criminal cases awaiting trial dates at Bunbury and Busselton Courts. The Attorney General responds that cases are immediately listed upon readiness, so no such record is kept.

AnsweredQoN 4029Legislative Council
Asked
5 April 2016
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Attorney General

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Why doesn't the department keep records of the number of each civil and criminal cases awaiting the scheduling of a trial date at the Bunbury and Busselton Courts?

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Answered
21 June 2016
Response time
77 days
A record is retained of all cases that have been lodged with the courts and of their progress through the court system.  When the court determines that a case is ready to proceed to trial, it is immediately listed for trial.  ‘Listing’ means that a date and time are allocated for the hearing of the trial.
There are no cases left ‘…awaiting the scheduling of a trial date…’ therefore the court does not keep statistics on the number of cases awaiting the scheduling of a trial date.  The court keeps statistics on the number of cases that have been listed for a trial date.

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