Tabled Paper - Parliament of Western Australia

inat
complaints
5.1 OVERVIEW AND KEY STATISTICS
Once the investigation of a complaint has been finalised it is referred for formal
determination. In previous years, all complaints were referred to the Committee for
determination. This changed during the year with the Committee delegating certain of its
dismissal powers to the Committee's staff, primarily the Law Complaints Officer.
When a matter goes before the Committee, the Committee may finally determine the
matter in one of three ways:
dismiss the complaint (or in the case of a conduct investigation, decide not
to take further action)
exercise
practitioner)
its summary conclusion powers (with the consent of the
refer the matter to SAT.
During the year the Committee determined 250 matters of which 74% were dismissed (or
not taken further), 14.4% were referred to SAT and 6.8% were dealt with in the exercise of
its summary conclusion powers.
Committee Determinations
50
45
40
o 35
E 30
-° 25
0
g, 20
41)
lij3 15
10
t- 1
Dismissed 425 Dismissed 425 & Referred to SAT Summary Closed on basis no 415 Summary Closed awaiting
(115) expression of (36) Conclusion (17) further action (9) Dismissal (22) advice (12)
concern (39)
In addition to the matters dealt with by the Committee, a further 56 complaints were
dismissed by the Committee's staff exercising the delegated power of the Committee.
17