Supreme Court of Western Australia

E256248

appellate court court of record superior court trial court

The Supreme Court of Western Australia is the highest court in the state’s judicial system, handling the most serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the principal court of appeal.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Western Australia canonical	3
Court of Appeal of Western Australia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court of record ⓘ superior court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
appealsTo	High Court of Australia ⓘ
building	Supreme Court of Western Australia building ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court Building, Perth
coordinates	approximately -31.956° S 115.861° E ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
courtSystem	common law system ⓘ
emblem	coat of arms of Western Australia ⓘ surface form: Coat of arms of Western Australia
established	1861 ⓘ
fundedBy	Government of Western Australia ⓘ
governingLaw	Supreme Court Act 1935 (WA) ⓘ
handles	appeals from lower courts in Western Australia ⓘ serious civil cases ⓘ serious criminal cases ⓘ
hasChiefJustice	Chief Justice of Western Australia ⓘ
hasDivision	Admiralty jurisdiction ⓘ court of appeal ⓘ surface form: Court of Appeal General Division ⓘ Probate jurisdiction ⓘ
hasFunction	development of common law in Western Australia ⓘ interpretation of Western Australian legislation ⓘ supervisory jurisdiction over inferior courts and tribunals ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	admiralty and maritime matters ⓘ company law matters under federal and state law ⓘ insolvency and bankruptcy matters ⓘ probate and administration of estates ⓘ serious criminal trials before judge and jury ⓘ state constitutional matters within Western Australia ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	District Court of Western Australia ⓘ Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia ⓘ
isPartOf	Australian court hierarchy ⓘ judiciary of Western Australia ⓘ
jurisdiction	Western Australia ⓘ
location	Perth ⓘ surface form: Perth, Western Australia
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
positionInSystem	highest court in Western Australia ⓘ
predecessor	Civil Court of Western Australia ⓘ Criminal Court of Western Australia ⓘ
typeOfCases	appeals from the District Court of Western Australia ⓘ appeals from the Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ appeals from various tribunals in Western Australia ⓘ indictable criminal offences ⓘ judicial review matters ⓘ major civil claims ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Western Australia → judicialBranch → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Judiciary of Western Australia → hasCourt → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Judiciary of Western Australia → hasAppealTo → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Appeal of Western Australia

courts of Australia → hasComponent → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

subject surface form: state courts of Australia