Federal Court of Australia - information for practitioners

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Information for practitioners

This section of the Court's website provides a listing of information relating to the practice and procedure of the Court.

If you would like to receive updates via email of changes to the Court's practice and procedure, you can subscribe, free of charge, to 'Practice News'.

Admiralty and maritime	Human rights
Appeals	Industrial law
Bankruptcy	Intellectual property
Consultation/liaison user groups	Jurisdiction of the Court
Corporations	Mediation
Costs	Native title
Courtroom procedure	Practising in the Federal Court
Docket system, panels & case management	Practice documents
Federal Court Act, Rules, Regulations	Taxation
Filing of documents/Registry procedures	Trade practices
How to address a judge, registrar or federal magistrate

Admiralty and maritime

Admiralty and maritime practice in the Federal Court
Admiralty panels

Appeals

Draft appeal index, lists & certificate [rtf]
Full Court sitting dates
Information for litigants
List of current appeals to the Full Court

Bankruptcy

Creditor's petition checklist
Guide to application for substituted service
Harmonised Bankruptcy Rules Monitoring Committee
Information for litigants

Corporations

Corporations panels
Seminar: Current issues and developments in corporate insolvency law and practice
Winding up checklist
Winding up guide

Costs

Fees and costs
National guide to counsel fees
National guide to discretionary items in Bill of Costs
Table of amendments to Schedule 2 Federal Court Rules

Courtroom procedure

Cameras and camera phones in Federal Court facilities

Requirements to practice in the Court

Robing in the Court

Videoconferencing guide

Docket system, panels and case management

Individual docket system
Panels for the docket system

Federal Court Act, Rules and Regulations

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
Federal Court Rules
Federal Court of Australia Regulations 2004 - * please read note on fees
Federal Court (Bankruptcy) Rules 2005
Federal Court (Corporations) Rules 2000

Filing of documents and other Registry services

Filing procedures
Forms - Alphabetical | Numerical | For waiver of fees
What happens to material produced to the Court?

Human rights

Human rights panels
Information for litigants

Industrial law

Industrial panels

Intellectual property

Intellectual property panel
Non-patent IP panels
Patent panels

Jurisdiction

Acts which confer jurisdiction
The Court's jurisdiction
Powers of a Registrar

Mediation

Information for litigants

Native title

Information for litigants
Native Title (Federal Court) Regulations
Notices to Practitioners in native title proceedings

Taxation

Taxation panels

Trade practices

Trade Practices Act Part IV/Competition panels

* Fees in Schedule 1 of the Federal Court of Australia Regulations

Please note that fees in Schedule 1 are adjusted from time to time; please check the current fees on this website or confirm with the Registry prior to lodging your documents.