Welcome to the District Court of Western Australia

The District Court is an intermediate trial court placing it between the Magistrates Court and the Supreme Court in the Western Australian courts hierarchy.

The District Court deals with serious criminal offences including serious assaults, sexual assaults, serious fraud and commercial theft, burglary and drug offences. The District Court also determines civil claims up to $750,000 and has unlimited jurisdiction in claims for damages for personal injury.

More information can be found on the About the Court page.

Information on this site is provided for research and public information purposes.

We hope you find the site interesting and informative.

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What's New

05 February 2020

Contact details for Judges Associates

24 January 2020

Consolidated Civil Practice Directions Update: Inserted: PD 15 - Applications for the exchange of witness statements or witness outlines. Inserted: PD 16 - Applications in historic sexual abuse cases to anonymise an individual litigants name and to restrict access to the court record or information in a case.

10 October 2019

District Court Open Day

20 August 2019

Criminal procedure forms for use at the District Court including General Criminal Forms, Criminal Procedure Act 2004 (WA) and the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 (WA) and Sentencing Act 1995 (WA) forms.