Digital Lodgment System

Judgment summaries

May 2025

14 May 2025
For Judgment:
Evans & Anor v Air Canada ABN 29094769561 [2025] HCA 22 (PDF)
For publication of reasons:
Babet & Anor v Commonwealth of Australia; Palmer v Commonwealth of Australia [2025] HCA 21 (PDF)

7 May 2025
For Judgment:

Mathew Cucu Brawn v The King [2025] HCA 20 (PDF)
Lendlease Corporation Limited ACN 000 226 228 & Anor v David William Pallas and Julie Ann Pallas as trustees for the Pallas Family Superannuation Fund & Anor [2025] HCA 19 (PDF)

For publication of reasons: 

The King v Cem Batak [2025] HCA 18 (PDF)

Notices/Opening

Appointment of Chief Executive & Principal Registrar

 (PDF)

Sittings Calendar 2025

(PDF)

Practice Direction No 1 of 2024 Approved Forms

(PDF)

Practice Direction No 2 of 2024 Joint Book of Authorities Appeals and Other Full Court Matters

(PDF)

Protocol for obtaining pro bono assistance and appointing and amicus curiae

(PDF)

Bicentenary Messages – Supreme Courts of Tasmania and NSW

(PDF)

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.

The High Court building will be closed to the general public on Monday, 24 March until Wednesday, 26 March (inclusive). School groups with existing bookings will still be able to access the building for their visit during that time.

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.

Justices

Former Justices of the High Court

Audio Visual Recordings

Audio-visual recordings of Full Court hearings heard in Canberra are now available.

A short documentary on the High Court of Australia: