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WA's top judge has ordered a review of the state's civil practice, in an effort to limit the impact large and complex cases are having on the court system. Speaking to ABC Local Radio, Chief Justice Peter Quinlan also shared his thoughts on the legal profession becoming over-reliant on artificial intelligence.

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00:00Civil matters involving well-known individuals, large companies or government entities often make headlines.
00:10It is a great relief that my reputation has been finally and fully vindicated.
00:15Their purpose is not to punish for a crime, but to resolve disagreements over rights or to compensate for harm.
00:23We get through 91, 92% of civil lodgements in a year.
00:29A few, however, take up significantly more court resources than others.
00:34We had 54 civil trials last year. That takes up about 200 hearing days.
00:40WA's Chief Justice hoping a review of the state's civil practice will ease the strain on the system.
00:47Are there better ways we can manage those so that they're resolved by mediation or agreement more quickly,
00:54or if they have to go to trial, that those can be quicker?
00:58Chief Justice Quinlan also warning artificial intelligence, while useful, isn't the answer to improving efficiency or accuracy.
01:07The Supreme Court of Western Australia was the first court to actually notice it in a judgement of receiving submissions completely prepared by AI and completely wrong.
01:17AI one of the factors, he says, causing hyper-partisan views.
01:22If you disagree with me, you're my enemy, seems to be the way in which people operate.
01:27I suppose it's the responsibility of all of us to try and drive back to the reasonable middle.
01:32If you agree with me, you're my enemy is very close.
01:33If you disagree with me, you have to achieve an end of the path that will make so clear,
01:35you're not Okey-per Klimane.
01:37If you're moving back and you're right, you're going to trust you.
01:38Once you're working, you're ready to keep it easy.
01:39If you're looking for all the people sitting in a shot of the words, an inner voice that are doing in a way of doing the way to work.
01:40You're not going for everybody to work with.
01:42You're not going to try and find it in a way to move the right direction.
01:45You're going for your next couple of us to check out the weather.
01:46I'm going for a while to make a real middle.
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