Publications

Adobe PDF logo Equality before the Law Benchbook (pdf 9Mb)

The Equality before the Law Bench Book is intended to provide WA judicial officers with an understanding of the range of values, cultures, lifestyles and life experiences of people from different backgrounds, together with an understanding of the potential difficulties, barriers or inequities people from different backgrounds may face in relation to court proceedings. It offers practical examples of how to take appropriate account of these differences in court and tribunal proceedings.

Each chapter is also available for download via the links below:

Adobe PDF logo Preliminaries (pdf 1.24Mb)

Chapter One: Equality before the Law (pdf 1.26Mb)

Chapter Two: A profile of Western Australia (pdf 1.58Mb)

Chapter Three: Religious affiliations (pdf 1.78Mb)

Chapter Four: People with disabilities (pdf 2.03Mb)

Chapter Five: Children and young people (pdf 1.96Mb)

Adobe PDF logo Chapter Six: Older people (pdf 1.58Mb)

Chapter Seven: Culturally and linguistically diverse people (pdf 1.97Mb)

Chapter Eight: Self-represented people (pdf 1.63Mb)

Chapter Nine: Regional and remote WA (pages 1-43) (pdf 3.1Mb)

Chapter Nine: Regional and remote WA (pages 44-86) (pdf 2.84Mb)

Adobe PDF logo Chapter Ten: Women (pdf 1.59Mb)

Chapter Eleven: Aboriginal People (pdf 1.37Mb)

Chapter Twelve: Diverse sexuality, sex and gender (pdf 1.79Mb)

Chapter Thirteen: Family and domestic violence (pdf 2.08Mb)

Your Comments (pdf 1.09Mb)

Filing instructions (pdf 1.07Mb)