Federal Court of Australia
Notices to practitioners issued by the NSW District Registrar  

Status of notices to litigants and practitioners issued in NSW (2002/3)

Revocation of superseded Notices to Practitioners

Litigants and Practitioners are advised that a number of Notices to Litigants and Practitioners which have been in force in the NSW Registry have been superseded by changes to legislation or are no longer considered necessary in light of current practices and Rules of Court.

The following Notices to Practitioners issued by the NSW District Registrar have been revoked and are no longer current:

No. Name Date of Issue
1 Substituted Service August 1984
2 Backsheets 23 September 1988
3 Documents filed in bankruptcy September 1988
4 Judge's copy documents 15 September 1988 (reissued as NSW 2001/2)
5 Corporations Law 21 May 1991
6 Appointment for access to exhibits 22 July 1993
7 Referral of Debtors Petitions 1 November 1995
8 Bankruptcy Notices: District Court of NSW 8 July 1996
9 Unserved Creditor's Petitions 9 July 1996 (reissued as NSW 2001/3)
10 Fax Filing of Documents 21 October 1999
11 Olympic period 16 February 2000
12 Listing of Corporations Law matters in Sydney 11 July 2001
13 Status of Notices to Litigants and Practitioners issued in NSW 5 November 2001

Current Notices to Litigants and Practitioners

Litigants and Practitioners are advised that the following Notices to Litigants and Practitioners are operative:

No. Name Date of Issue
1 (NSW 2002/01) Duty Judge Matters - Administrative Arrangements 29 May 2002
2 (NSW 2002/02) Corporations Matters - Administrative Arrangements 29 May 2002
3 (NSW 2002/03) Status of Notices to Litigants and Practitioners issued in NSW 29 May 2002
4 (NSW 2001/2) Judges Copy Documents 5 November 2001
5 (NSW 2001/3) Bankruptcy Practice Sydney - Unserved creditors petitions 5 November 2001
6 Migration matters 7 July 2000
7 Bankruptcy Practice Sydney - Advice of adjournments to party or solicitor 14 February 2000
8 Notice of Motion under Order 19 Federal Court Rules 22 January 1998
9 Entry of consent orders 9 December 1996
10 Bills of Costs, Federal Court Rules 14 November 1996

Notices to Litigants and Practitioners now issued are numbered sequentially withing each year to facilitate access to current notices.


John Mathieson
District Registrar
29 May 2002