Criminal General (WA)

The Criminal General (WA) matter type provides a catch-all matter for all types of criminal law matters.

You can select whether you act for the Accused or the Prosecution:

Layouts

In addition to the parties, the following layouts appear by default on a Criminal General (WA) matter:

• Court Details
  Enter your Court Number, Indictment Number, Registry, and Court for the Magistrates’ Court, District Court or Supreme Court as applicable.
• Charge Details
  Enter the Brief Number, Charge Number, Charge, Offence Start and End Dates, Plea, Plea Entered Date and Charge Outcome.
  • To add an additional Charge Details layout with a separate Brief Number, right-click and select Add Charge Details.

Uncommon Contact Cards and Layouts

Uncommon contact cards are also available for selection on a matter-by-matter basis, such as:

• Co-Accused
• Barrister
• Legal Aid
• Corrective Services
• Legal Agent
• Expert
• Complainant
• Victim
• Witness
• Child
• Process Server

Learn how to select uncommon contacts from within the matter.

If you don’t see a contact card needed for this matter type, you can submit a request for it to be added to Smokeball.

Precedent Library

The Criminal General (WA) matter provides access to the Criminal (WA) Precedent Profile. This pre-set Precedent Library folder includes non-legally drafted precedents for everyday use, together with shortcuts to commonly used documents found under Court & Authority forms:

If the Precedent Profile does not appear in the Precedent Library, please ensure that you have subscribed to the Precedent Profile.

If you don’t see a commonly used and publicly available form and you would like it added to Smokeball, you can request a form.