Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

DISTRICT COURT RULES 2005 - REG 35A

35A .         Mediation may serve as pre‑trial conference

        (1)         If, pursuant to a case management direction, the parties to a case have conferred with a mediator, the Court may order that there is not to be a pre‑trial conference in the case.

        (2)         An order under subrule (1) may be made —

            (a)         at the conference with the mediator, if the mediator is a legally qualified registrar;

            (b)         after the conference with the mediator;

            (c)         before or after the case is entered for trial;

            (d)         even if notice of a pre‑trial conference has been given under rule 39;

            (e)         on the application of a party or, after notifying the parties, on the Court’s own initiative.

        (3)         If the Court makes an order under subrule (1), rules 40(5), (6) and (7), 41 and 42 apply as if the conference with the mediator had occurred at, or as ordered in, a pre‑trial conference.

        [Rule 35A inserted in Gazette 23 Dec 2005 p. 6272‑3; amended in Gazette 31 Jul 2007 p. 3811.]

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 31 Jul 2007 p. 3811.]