How do I lodge the Statement of Defence to General Procedure Claim (Form 21) (Form 21)?

1. Pull the latest Statement of Defence to General Procedure Claim (Form 21) into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine. 2. Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill. 3. Current post-1-June-2020 version. PDF verified 200 (216021 bytes); Word .docx also verified 200 (23146 bytes).

Is this the current Magistrates Court of Western Australia form?

The template is version-tracked. A change-monitoring pipeline watches the Magistrates Court of Western Australia source and refreshes the form when it changes, so you assemble against the version they expect.

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The form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary - the parties, matter details, and your firm details fill automatically from your matter, on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

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Statement of Defence to General Procedure Claim (Form 21)

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Court form Form 21 Magistrates Court of Western AustraliaMagistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Rules 2005

v184a27eb Updated 6 July 2026

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1
Assemble the form
Pull the latest Statement of Defence to General Procedure Claim (Form 21) into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine.
2
Review and check
Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill.
3
Lodge the form
Current post-1-June-2020 version. PDF verified 200 (216021 bytes); Word .docx also verified 200 (23146 bytes).

Lodgement notesCurrent post-1-June-2020 version. PDF verified 200 (216021 bytes); Word .docx also verified 200 (23146 bytes).

This form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary, so your practice management system fills it from your matter data - on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

View the official form on the Magistrates Court of Western Australia website

Statement of Defence to General Procedure Claim (Form 21)

Statement of Defence to General Procedure Claim (Form 21)

How to lodge - See instructions

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