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 on applications for special leave, leave and removal dealt with by the Court is available on this page.

The lists of results of the applications determined are available below.

Applications may be determined either on the papers or at a hearing. The High Court Rules 2004 provide that the Court may determine these applications on the papers without an oral hearing.

In applications determined on the papers the Court publishes written reasons (dispositions) for their decisions.

  • The dispositions published since December 2023 are available below.
  • All dispositions since 2008 are available on AustLII and on Jade.

Those applications which are heard have a transcript prepared. The transcript is made available on AustLII and on Jade.

High Court
Results

Lists of results of special leave, leave and removal applications

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High Court
Dispositions

Decisions published on the papers from December 2023 to current

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High Court
Live Streaming

The live stream for any applications listed for hearing

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