Digital Lodgment System

Judgment summaries

February 2025

12 February 2025
For Judgment:
Commonwealth of Australia v Mr Stradford (a pseudonym) & Ors; State of Queensland v Mr Stradford (a pseudonym) & Ors; His Honour Judge Salvatore Paul Vasta v Mr Stradford (a pseudonym) [2025] HCA 3 (PDF)

5 February 2025
For Judgment:

Birketu Pty Ltd ACN 003 831 392 & Anor v John Ljubomir Atanaskovic & Ors [2025] HCA 2  (PDF)

Anthony Naaman v Jaken Properties Australia Pty Limited ACN 123 423 432 & Ors [2025] HCA 1 (PDF)

 

 

News Room

Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) 2024–25
Please click on the link below:
Portfolio Budget Statements 2024-25

 

Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2024 -2025
Please click the link below:
https://www.ag.gov.au/about-us/publications/portfolio-additional-estimates-statements-2024-25

 

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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.

 


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.

 


 

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:

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