Digital Lodgment System

Judgment summaries

December 2024

11 December 2024
For Judgment:
Elisha v Vision Australia Limited [2024] HCA 50 (PDF)
Pafburn Pty Limited (ACN 003 485 505) & Anor v The Owners - Strata Plan No 84674 [2024] HCA 49 (PDF)
Hilary Lorraine Kramer & Anor v David Lindsay Stone [2024] HCA 48 (PDF)
Commonwealth of Australia v Sanofi (formerly Sanofi-Aventis) & Ors [2024] HCA 47 (PDF)

4 December 2024
For Judgment:
Pearson v Commonwealth of Australia & Ors; JZQQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor; Tapiki v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] HCA 46 (PDF)
Bianca Fuller & Anor v Mark Lawrence [2024] HCA 45 (PDF)
BIF23 by his litigation guardian the Public Advocate v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship & Multicultural Affairs [2024] HCA 44 (PDF)

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Notices/Opening

Appointment of Chief Executive & Principal Registrar

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Registry Closure

The High Court Registry will be closed from 4.00pm on Tuesday, 24 December 2024 and will re-open on Thursday, 2 January 2025.

Any party seeking to file a document due to be filed between 25 December 2024 and 1 January 2025 has an automatic extension of time under the High Court Rules 2004 (Rule 4.01.5) until 4:00pm on Thursday, 2 January 2025 to file the document. Any documents lodged between 25 December 2024 and 1 January 2025 will be reviewed on 2 January 2025.

All inquiries for the High Court will be considered when the Registry re-opens on Thursday, 2 January 2025. If a matter is of extreme urgency, such as imminent deportation, you may telephone 02 9230 8282.

Sittings Calendar 2025

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Joint Costs Advisory Committee - 2024 Call for Submissions

JCAC welcomes submissions from interested parties on changes to the quantum of costs allowable to legal practitioners under each court's scale of costs.

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Bicentenary Messages – Supreme Courts of Tasmania and NSW

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Sittings Calendar 2024

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Live Streaming applications for special leave to appeal (PDF) (RTF)

High Court Building

The High Court building is open weekdays 9.45am to 4.30pm.

Video Connection Hearings - PROTOCOL

The High Court has issued a protocol for practitioners participating in Video Connection Hearings (PDF) (RTF)

Filing Documents Electronically

The Digital Lodgment System Portal (DLS Portal) provides for mandatory electronic lodgment of all documents filed in any case commenced after 1 January 2020. Register with a simple 3 step process of email verification, registration and approval by the Registry dls.hcourt.gov.au.
For cases commenced before January 2020 the Court issued Practice Direction No. 1 of 2020 Electronic Filing of Documents - Cases Commenced before 1 January 2020 on 20 March 2020.

CONTACT

For Registry services and support please contact us by email at [email protected] or by telephone on (02) 6270 6829. Face to face services are no longer provided at the Registry Counter.

Access to the High Court building is through the Level 2 entrance at the end of the ceremonial ramp.

The High Court building is open to the public from:

Monday to Friday: 9.45 am to 4.30 pm

Normal Court sitting hours are from:
10.00 am to 12.45 pm and 2.15 pm to 4.15 pm

The building is closed on public holidays. Admission to the High Court building is free of charge.