Registry

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About the Registry

The High Court Registry is responsible for the secure custody and safekeeping of Court records; collecting and accounting for all fees received by the Court; and all aspects of proceedings and appeals.

The Registry is open from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday.  You can contact the registry at registry@hcourt.gov.au or by calling 02 6270 6829.  Face to face services are no longer provided at the Registry Counter.

The Principal Registry of the High Court of Australia is located at the seat of the Court in Parkes Place, Parkes in Canberra. There are offices of the Registry in Sydney, at level 23 Law Courts Building in Queen’s Square and Melbourne, at level 17, Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 305 William Street.

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Digital Lodgment System Portal (DLS)

The Digital Lodgment System Portal (DLS Portal) is an external facing portal that allows legal firms, legal practitioners and self-represented litigants to register, file documents, receive notifications and track the progress of their cases around the clock.

Documents for cases should be lodged through the DLS Portal. Documents must be lodged by 4.00 pm Monday to Friday to be filed on that day, and any lodged after 4.00pm may be filed on the next day the Registry is open.

The DLS Portal available here: DLS Portal.

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Searching High Court files

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

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

There are limited documents available on this website for those cases which were referred to the Full Court for hearing from February 2011.  Brief details are provided for each matter together with the parties' written submissions as they are filed.

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

Those matters which have been completed are available through the Decided Cases page on this website.

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