Thillagaratnam v Law Complaints Officer as the Delegate of the Legal Profession Complaints Committee

[2024] WASCA 60

Western Australia Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Appeal
3. › Court of Appeal
4. › Application for production of documents on appeal
5. › Whether production necessary to ensure effective exercise of appellate jurisdiction
6. › Whether production appropriate for due and effective administration of justice
7. › Whether production proportionate where leave to appeal not yet granted
8. › Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Rules 2005 (WA), r 42(2)(kb)(i)
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Appeal
3. › Court of Appeal
4. › Implied power to compel production of documents
5. › Power to make orders needed to ensure effective exercise of jurisdiction
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Discovery and production of documents
3. › Proportionality
4. › Whether disclosure proportionate in context of appeal requiring leave
5. › Whether appellant should first establish proper case for leave before wide-ranging production ordered

Quick Take

Orders for production of documents on appeal in the WA Court of Appeal are exceptional, and where leave to appeal is required but unresolved, the appellant must first establish a proper case for leave before seeking wide-ranging production orders.