VPRS 18232 Witness Statements [Legal Discovery/Case Management System]

This series contains the full set of unredacted witness statements of the Royal Commission into Family Violence (RCFV). The witness statements in this series were managed in the Commission's legal discovery / case management system, known as Ringtail. Each witness statement includes an export of the metadata that was stored against it within the legal discovery / case management system.Note that some witness statements in this series are subject to an order prohibiting the publication of any information that may enable the identity of the person who has given information or evidence to the Commission to be ascertained. Witness statements that are known to be subject to an order have been flagged.A set of redacted (blacked out) witness statements and associated attachments were published to the Commission's website during the course of the Commission. These can be found in VPRS 18244 Witness Statements and Attachments [Published].Key information recorded for each witness statement in this series includes:* The name of the witness.* The date the witness statement was imported to the Commission's legal discovery / case management system.* The date the witness statement was signed.* The unique identifier assigned to the statement.* A flag indicating if the statement was subject to an order prohibiting publication of any information that could identify the witness (and the text of the order if applicable).* An export of all the metadata that was stored against the statement within the case management / legal discovery system.Key information recorded for each attachment in this series includes:* The nominated title of the attachment.* The date the related witness appeared before the Commission and the name of the hearing module.* The unique identifier assigned to the attachment.* The simple number, combined with the witness initials, assigned to the attachment to help delineate multiple attachments related to the same witness.Some additional information that may be of use to researchers includes:* Not all witnesses gave a written statement (54 did not).* Not all written statements were from witnesses who appeared before the Commission during hearings (despite being labelled 'witness statement'), but were in response to a Notice.* Some statements are joint statements, and some joint statements were made by a combination of someone who appeared and someone who did not.* Some witnesses appeared more than once, but made only one statement.* Some witnesses appeared more than once and had a new statement for each day.* Some statements were made to supplement evidence given or points raised during hearings but were not provided during hearings.* A witness can have multiple files associated (statement and attachments) or none.Additional information about the role of witnesses can be found Volume 1, Section 1 of the Commission's final report, VPRS 18248: 'The Royal Commission and its work'. Appendix D of Volume 1 also has more information about witnesses (their role/organization) which may be of interest.Related series include:* VPRS 18244 Witness Statements and Attachments [Published]. This series consists of the redacted witness statements and attachments that were publicly available during the course of the Commission.* VPRS 18240 Legal Discovery / Case Management System Metadata Export. This series consists of a consolidated metadata export from the Commission's legal discovery / case management system.* VPRS 18231 Legal Team Records [Administrative and Investigative Records Collection]. Used to store draft and / or unsigned versions of witness statements to allow for review by the Commission's legal and policy teams who did not have access to the Commission's case management / legal discovery system.

本系列包含家庭暴力皇家调查委员会（RCFV）的全套未修订证人陈述。本系列中的证人陈述由委员会的法律发现/案件管理系统（名为Ringtail）管理，每条陈述均包含其在该系统内存储的元数据导出文件。

请注意，本系列中部分证人陈述受一项命令约束：禁止发布任何可能导致向委员会提供信息或证据的人员身份被确定的内容。已知受该命令约束的陈述已作标记。

委员会运作期间，一套经过修订（涂黑处理）的证人陈述及相关附件已发布至官网，可在VPRS 18244《证人陈述及附件[已发布]》中查阅。

本系列中每条证人陈述记录的关键信息包括：
* 证人姓名
* 陈述导入法律发现/案件管理系统的日期
* 陈述签署日期
* 分配的唯一标识符
* 标记（指示是否受身份保密命令约束，如适用则含命令文本）
* 系统内存储的所有元数据导出文件

本系列中每条附件记录的关键信息包括：
* 附件指定标题
* 相关证人出席听证会的日期及模块名称
* 附件唯一标识符
* 由简单编号与证人首字母组合的附件编号（用于区分同一证人的多个附件）

对研究人员有用的补充信息：
* 并非所有证人提供书面陈述（54人未提供）
* 部分书面陈述来自未出席听证会者（系对通知的回应）
* 存在联合陈述，部分由出席与未出席者共同作出
* 部分证人多次出席但仅提交一份陈述
* 部分证人多次出席且每日提交新陈述
* 部分陈述用于补充听证证据/观点但未在听证期间提交
* 证人可关联多个文件（陈述+附件）或无关联文件

关于证人角色的更多信息，可查阅委员会最终报告VPRS 18248《皇家委员会及其工作》第1卷第1节；第1卷附录D亦含证人角色/机构信息，值得关注。

相关系列包括：
* VPRS 18244《证人陈述及附件[已发布]》：含听证期间公开的修订版陈述及附件
* VPRS 18240《法律发现/案件管理系统元数据导出》：含系统整合元数据导出文件
* VPRS 18231《法律团队记录[行政及调查记录集]》：存储陈述草稿/未签署版本，供无法访问系统的法律政策团队审阅