PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE WABA

DATE ISSUED:     2008

Public announcements on behalf of the Western Australian Bar Association (WABA) shall only be made by the President (or the Vice-President in the absence of the President) and persons expressly authorised by Bar Council or the President to do so.
Public announcements should be confined to matters relating to: 

• the competence, standards and rules of practice amongst barristers;
  
• the upholding of free and open access to the courts and the rule of law;
  
• law reform and public debate affecting the practice, procedures, constitution and resources of the courts or practice as a barrister;
  
• the process for appointment of senior counsel, judges and law officers

in Western Australia.

No comment should be made on behalf of the WABA on a party-political basis. Comments made on behalf of the WABA should be expressed using moderate and temperate language and should seek to contribute in a genuine way to debate on an issue.

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