Western Australian Current Acts

MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 2004 - SECT 31

31 .         Judgments, content of

        (1)         The Court’s reasons for a judgment in a case —

            (a)         need only identify the facts that the Court has accepted in coming to its decision and give the reasons for doing so; and

            (b)         need only identify the law that the Court has applied in coming to its decision and give the reasons for doing so; and

            (c)         need not canvass all the evidence given in the case; and

            (d)         need not canvass all the factual and legal arguments or issues arising in the case.

        (2)         The fact that a judgment is given orally or in accordance with subsection (1) is not of itself a ground for reversing or modifying it on an appeal.