News & Events

03 August 2020: Update of Online File
In the matter of Virgin Australia

03 August 2020: Update of Online File
Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax

22 July 2020: Joint Costs Advisory Committee
2020 call for submissions

20 July 2020: Return of public search
For migration and appeal matters

06 July 2020: Public Notice
Ensuring a safe working environment for all staff

06 July 2020: Statement
from Chief Justice Allsop

02 July 2020: Update of Online File
Rush v Nationwide News

19 June 2020: Special Measures Note in Response to COVID-19
SMIN-4: Court Attendance

19 June 2020: New Speech by Justice Perry
Statements of reasons: Issues of legality and best practice

17 June 2020: Annual Fee Changes
From 1 July 2020.

15 June 2020: Federal Court New Filings Lists
 

02 June 2020: Seminar: Cruise Ships, COVID-19 and Consumers
Tuesday, 23 June via Microsoft Teams

29 May 2020: Federal Court scam alert
Fraudulent emails and phone calls

27 May 2020: The Online File has been updated
Friends of Leadbeater's Possum v VicForests

25 May 2020: Federal Law Search
Search for Bankruptcy, Admiralty and Native Title restored.

18 May 2020: Federal Law Search
Search for Bankruptcy, Admiralty and Native Title restored.

08 May 2020: S 91X Migration Act Independent Review
Terms of reference

28 April 2020: Notice of Independent Review
Relating to s91X Migration Act

07 April 2020: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Court updates
Court updates on interim arrangements

01 April 2020: Federal Law Search
Change to public access

31 March 2020: Migration matters in the Commonwealth Courts Portal
(Federal Law Search)

23 March 2020: Our Counters are Closed, but We’re Still Working
From Tuesday, 24 March 2020.

11 March 2020: New Speech by Justice Stewart
The role of courts in supporting arbitration: a review of recent developments in the Asia-Pacific

17 February 2020: Update of Online File
ABC v Kane & Ors

13 February 2020: Statement on Bushfires
Support from the Court is available to those impacted by the bushfires.

10 February 2020: New Speech by Chief Justice Allsop
'Statutes and equity'

31 January 2020: Cross-Border Insolvency Practice Note
The Practice Note has been revised.

09 January 2020: New Speeches by Justice S. Derrington
'Faith, hope, and charity', 'Evolving families...'

20 December 2019: Changes to Federal Court Practice Notes
Eight revised practices notes have been issued, effective immediately.

12 November 2019: New Federal Court Practice Note
Defamation Practice Note (DEF-1)

29 October 2019: New Speech by Chief Justice Allsop
'The intersection of companies and trusts'

29 October 2019: New speech by Justice Middleton
'The challenge of running competition cases'

28 October 2019: Opening remarks by Justice Perry
2019 SCCI Architecture Hub, "The architecture of justice"

21 October 2019: 2018-2019 Annual Report
Now published

17 October 2019: New speech by Justice Rares
'Speaking the right social media language'

17 October 2019: Registry Opening Hours
December 2019 - January 2020

10 October 2019: New speech by Justice Rares
'Charting a new course - Promoting the development of an international convention ...'

08 October 2019: Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture
"The fluctuating incidence of the burden of proof under the Hague-Visby Rules"

02 October 2019: UN Day Lecture
"25 Years of Cross Border Insolvency Law Reform 1994 - 2019" - 23 October 2019

30 September 2019: Melbourne Law Courts Building
Expect delays entering building: Mon 7 October to Fri 18 October 2019.

23 September 2019: Judges In Conversation
'Limitations on judicial review: Where to from here?' Tue, 8 October 2019, 6.00-7.00 pm (VIC)

20 September 2019: New speech by Justice Sarah Derrington
'Of shields and swords - let the jousting begin!'

19 September 2019: AMTAC Annual Address 2019
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 5:15 pm to 6:30 pm (AEST)

19 September 2019: New speech by Justice Stewart
'Writ or Wrong? Protecting against a change of ownership before the vessel is arrested.'

06 September 2019: Event: International Arbitration and the Art of Strategy
Tuesday, 17 September, 5.15 pm to 6.15 pm (AEST)

02 September 2019: New speech by Justice Colvin
An Australian international commercial court - Not a bad idea or what a bad idea?

22 August 2019: Update of Online File
ABC v Kane & Ors

21 August 2019: New Speech
'Case management & insolvency: Matching rhetoric & reality'

20 August 2019: New Speech by Justice Middleton
The life of the trial judge - What has or is changing?

29 July 2019: New Speech by Justice Stewart
"Salvage Learnings from the Thor Commander"

22 May 2018: Registrars and Registrar Titles
An NCF update