Supreme Court of Western Australia

E256248

appellate court court of record superior court trial court

The Supreme Court of Western Australia is the highest court in the state’s judicial system, handling the most serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the principal court of appeal.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Western Australia canonical	21
Court of Appeal of Western Australia	3
Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia	1
Full Court of the Supreme Court of Western Australia	1
General Division of the Supreme Court of Western Australia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2304893 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Court of Western Australia
Context triple: [Government of Western Australia, judicialBranch, Supreme Court of Western Australia]

A. Judiciary of Western Australia
The Judiciary of Western Australia is the system of courts and judicial officers responsible for interpreting and applying the law and administering justice within the Australian state of Western Australia.
B. Supreme Court of Tasmania
The Supreme Court of Tasmania is the highest court in the Australian state of Tasmania, handling serious criminal and civil cases as well as appeals.
C. High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the nation’s supreme judicial authority, serving as the final court of appeal and the ultimate interpreter of the Australian Constitution.
D. Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest court in the ACT, handling serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the territory’s principal court of record.
E. Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is a superior national court that primarily deals with civil disputes governed by federal law and reviews decisions of federal tribunals and lower courts across Australia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Court of Western Australia
Target entity description: The Supreme Court of Western Australia is the highest court in the state’s judicial system, handling the most serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the principal court of appeal.

A. Judiciary of Western Australia
The Judiciary of Western Australia is the system of courts and judicial officers responsible for interpreting and applying the law and administering justice within the Australian state of Western Australia.
B. Supreme Court of Tasmania
The Supreme Court of Tasmania is the highest court in the Australian state of Tasmania, handling serious criminal and civil cases as well as appeals.
C. High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the nation’s supreme judicial authority, serving as the final court of appeal and the ultimate interpreter of the Australian Constitution.
D. Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest court in the ACT, handling serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the territory’s principal court of record.
E. Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is a superior national court that primarily deals with civil disputes governed by federal law and reviews decisions of federal tribunals and lower courts across Australia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court of record ⓘ superior court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
appealsTo	High Court of Australia ⓘ
building	Supreme Court Building, Perth ⓘ linked to: Supreme Court of Western Australia building
coordinates	approximately -31.956° S 115.861° E ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
courtSystem	common law system ⓘ
emblem	Coat of arms of Western Australia ⓘ linked to: coat of arms of Western Australia
established	1861 ⓘ
fundedBy	Government of Western Australia ⓘ
governingLaw	Supreme Court Act 1935 (WA) ⓘ
handles	appeals from lower courts in Western Australia ⓘ serious civil cases ⓘ serious criminal cases ⓘ
hasChiefJustice	Chief Justice of Western Australia ⓘ
hasDivision	Admiralty jurisdiction ⓘ Court of Appeal ⓘ linked to: court of appeal General Division ⓘ Probate jurisdiction ⓘ
hasFunction	development of common law in Western Australia ⓘ interpretation of Western Australian legislation ⓘ supervisory jurisdiction over inferior courts and tribunals ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	admiralty and maritime matters ⓘ company law matters under federal and state law ⓘ insolvency and bankruptcy matters ⓘ probate and administration of estates ⓘ serious criminal trials before judge and jury ⓘ state constitutional matters within Western Australia ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	District Court of Western Australia ⓘ Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia ⓘ
isPartOf	Australian court hierarchy ⓘ judiciary of Western Australia ⓘ
jurisdiction	Western Australia ⓘ
location	Perth, Western Australia ⓘ linked to: Perth
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
positionInSystem	highest court in Western Australia ⓘ
predecessor	Civil Court of Western Australia ⓘ Criminal Court of Western Australia ⓘ
typeOfCases	appeals from the District Court of Western Australia ⓘ appeals from the Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ appeals from various tribunals in Western Australia ⓘ indictable criminal offences ⓘ judicial review matters ⓘ major civil claims ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Western Australia → judicialBranch → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Judiciary of Western Australia → hasCourt → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Judiciary of Western Australia → hasAppealTo → Court of Appeal of Western Australia ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of Western Australia

state courts of Australia → hasComponent → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

subject linked to: courts of Australia

Magistrates Court of Western Australia → supervisedBy → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Magistrates Court of Western Australia → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Children's Court of Western Australia → subjectToAppealTo → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia → hasAppealTo → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Chief Justice of Western Australia → heads → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Chief Justice of Western Australia → memberOf → Court of Appeal of Western Australia ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of Western Australia

Chief Justice of Western Australia → memberOf → Full Court of the Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of Western Australia

Chief Justice of Western Australia → officeCreatedFor → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Chief Justice of Western Australia → subordinateCourt → General Division of the Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of Western Australia

Chief Justice of Western Australia → subordinateCourt → Court of Appeal of Western Australia ⓘ

linked to: Supreme Court of Western Australia

Supreme Court of Western Australia building → occupant → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

District Court of Western Australia → belowInHierarchy → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

District Court of Western Australia → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

General Division of the Supreme Court of Western Australia → partOf → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

subject linked to: General Division

General Division of the Supreme Court of Western Australia → hasParentCourt → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

subject linked to: General Division

General Division of the Supreme Court of Western Australia → hasCounterpartDivision → Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

subject linked to: General Division

linked to: Supreme Court of Western Australia

Supreme Court Act 1935 (WA) → establishes → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Supreme Court Act 1935 (WA) → principalActFor → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Civil Court of Western Australia → replacedBy → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Civil Court of Western Australia → successor → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Criminal Court of Western Australia → replacedBy → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Criminal Court of Western Australia → functionTransferredTo → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

Criminal Court of Western Australia → hasSuccessor → Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ

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