District Court Rules 2005

This rule applies to searches for, and inspections of, Court documents and information using the website called the eCourts Portal of Western Australia.

A registered user is entitled to search for, and inspect electronic copies of, any of the following Court documents or information in a case, whether or not the registered user is a party to the case —

the identity of the parties to a case;

the identity of the parties’ legal practitioners;

the date on which the case commenced;

the date and time of a hearing in the case;

an index of documents filed in a registry.

A registered user who is a party to the case is entitled to search for, and inspect electronic copies of, any of the following Court documents or information in that case —

documents filed electronically;

judgments or orders made by the Court.

This rule does not entitle a person to search, inspect or obtain information, including a copy of any part of a document that contains information, that the person is prevented by a written law, an order made under a written law or an order of a court from possessing.