HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

PRACTICE DIRECTION NO 1 OF 2020

ELECTRONIC FILING OF DOCUMENTS 
- CASES COMMENCED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 2020

1.	Commencement

This Practice Direction takes effect on Monday, 23 March 2020.

2.	Filing documents
For the purposes of Rule 1.07.1 of the High Court Rules 2004 documents to be filed in cases commenced before 1 January 2020 should, where possible, be forwarded as a PDF attachment to an email sent to the managing Registry:

	Canberra: 	Canberra.Registry@hcourt.gov.au;
	Melbourne: 	Melbourne.Registry@hcourt.gov.au; or
	Sydney:		Sydney.Registry@hcourt.gov.au.

3.	Copies of documents lodged by email
	The person who sends the document must:
(a)	keep a paper or electronic copy of the document; and 
(b)	if directed to do so by the Court, a Justice or the Registrar, produce a hard copy of the document.

20 March 2020