Committals: Report (html)

The committals law reform report published in 2020 recommended the test for committal should be abolished. It included other recommendations to make the pre-trial process more efficient and less traumatic for witnesses while maintaining fair trial rights.

Access the report from the links below.

• Preface
• Terms of reference
• Glossary
• Executive summary
• Recommendations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The present committal and pre-trial system
• 3. Committal system and indictable case data
• 4. The test for committal
• 5. Should the lower courts conduct indictable case management?
• 6. Reforming pre-trial indictable case management: outline of a new system
• 7. Role of the DPP and defence practitioners
• 8. Charging practices
• 9. Disclosure
• 10. Forensic reports and delay
• 11. Pre-trial cross-examination
• 12. The Children’s Court
• Appendix A: Submissions
• Appendix B: Consultations
• Bibliography