Western Australia Supreme Court affidavit template

This page has a free blank affidavit template for use in the Supreme Court of Western Australia under the Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA).

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About this WASC affidavit template

This Supreme Court of Western Australia affidavit form has been designed to help you create a good looking affidavit using a form that is easy to work with and which complies with the rules of court. The layout is easy to read in print and electronic form, and the template has its own bespoke, auto-numbering for paragraphs.

This template is in accordance with orders 37 and 39 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA) (RSC) and practice direction 1.2 of the Consolidated Practice Directions (the CPD). The RSC and CPD provide additional requirements in certain circumstances.

In compliance with the CPD and RSC, this basic template has:

provision for the affidavit to be titled in the cause or intended cause (O 37 r 1 RSC);

consecutively numbered paragraphs (O 37 r 2(3) RSC);

consecutively numbered pages, with the numbers being in the top right hand corder (O 37 r 2(6) and O 69 r 2(1)(e) RSC);

provision for an index, which must be used if the affidavit has attachments (O 37 r 2(7) RSC);

a space of not less than 6mm between each line (O 69 r 2(1)(b) RSC);

a margin of not less than 40 mm on the left hand side of each sheet(O 69 r 2(1)(d)(i) RSC);

shown on the first sheet the heading and title of the proceeding and a short description of the document (including the name of the deponent and the purpose for which the affidavit is filed) (O69 r 2(1)(h) RSC and 1.2.1(3) CPD); and

the date of the document, name of the party, address and service details in a space not longer than 50mm (O69 r 2(1)(h) RSC and 1.2.1(7) CPD).

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