High Court Registry closure

The High Court Registry will be closed from 4.00pm on Wednesday, 24 December 2025 and will re-open at 9:00am on Friday, 2 January 2026.

Any party seeking to file a document due to be filed between 25 December 2025 and 1 January 2026 has an automatic extension of time under the  High Court Rules 2004 (Rule 4.01.5) until 4:00pm AEDT on Friday, 2 January 2026 to file the document. Any documents lodged between 25 December 2025 and 1 January 2026 will be reviewed on 2 January 2026.

All inquiries for the High Court will be considered when the Registry re-opens on Friday, 2 January 2026.If a matter is of extreme urgency, you may telephone 1800 570 566, select Option 1 and leave a voicemail. In addition provide details by email to: registry@hcourt.gov.au.

Information about Full Court Cases

Details and selected documents for those cases referred to the Full Court for hearing since February 2011.  

Cases are displayed on the Current Cases page until the matter is completed.  

Cases which have been completed are available through the Decided Cases page.

Case files

High Court case files from 1903 to 1980 are held by the National Archives of Australia.

High Court case files from 1981 to 2019, in hard copy, are held by the Principal Registry in Canberra.

High Court case files from 2020 onwards are electronic only and are available for public searching through the DLS Portal.

The entire case files of 37 High Court seminal cases have been digitised and are available on AustLII.

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