Western Australian Current Regulations

SUPREME COURT (COURT OF APPEAL) RULES 2005 - REG 60

60 .         Settling an appeal

        (1)         The parties to an appeal may file a Form 10, modified as necessary, stating the final order that the parties consent to being made in the appeal.

        (2)         When a consent notice is filed, a registrar must refer it to a single judge who may direct the registrar —

            (a)         to issue a final order in accordance with the notice; or

            (b)         to notify the parties that the judge will decide the final orders at a hearing.

        (3)         A settlement or compromise of an appeal to which a person under disability (as defined in the RSC Order 70 rule 1) is a party has no effect unless it is approved by a single judge.

        (4)         An application for the approval of a single judge must be filed with an affidavit and, unless a single judge orders otherwise, an opinion by an independent legal practitioner.

        [Rule 60 amended: Gazette 22 Aug 2017 p. 4544; SL 2022/74 r. 18.]