This guide sets out the arrangements for those wishing
to use videoconferencing in proceedings before the Court.
Facilities
The Federal Court of Australia has videoconferencing
facilities available at its registries located in each
capital city in Australia. Through these facilities the
Court is able to provide a direct video link between all
capital cities as well as to many other locations both
within Australia and overseas.
Booking a videoconference
A party contemplating the use of a video
link should raise this at the earliest possible opportunity
to allow sufficient time to arrange the booking of the
Court's videoconferencing facilities. Bookings are made
though the local registry.
A booking form for this purpose is available
for downloading:
Form
PDF
RTF
Request for videoconference
Cost
Generally, charges are applied to the
use of videoconferencing and are usually borne by the
party requesting the videoconference. Current charges
(as at 1 February 2005) are provided in the following
document to assist in estimating the cost of a videoconference.
Full cost details are available from the local
registry.
Document
PDF
RTF
Videoconferencing charges
Responsibilities
of the party or organisation requesting a videoconference
The party requesting a video link will
be responsible for a number of matters to ensure the smooth
conduct of the videoconference. These responsibilities
are detailed in a separate document:
Document
PDF
RTF
Responsibilities of the party or organisation requesting
a videoconference
Arranging a
video link involving an overseas site
Where the video link involves an overseas
site, the above arrangements will also apply. Further
information relating to overseas links is available from
the local registry.
