Practice Directions

The following Practice Direction takes effect from 1 January 2023:

• Practice Direction No. 1 of 2022 - High Court Rules 2004 Approved Forms (PDF 430k - includes annexures) (DOCX 55k - practice direction only)
  Forms are available on the Forms 2023 Page.

The following Practice Direction takes effect from 8 February 2021:

• Practice Direction No. 1 of 2021 - Opening of the Registry (PDF 9k) (DOCX 23k)

The following Practice Direction takes effect from 15 April 2020:

• Practice Direction No. 3 of 2020 - Evidence by Affidavit (PDF 9k) (RTF 66k)

The following Practice Directions take effect from 23 March 2020:

• Practice Direction No. 1 of 2020 - Electronic filing of documents - cases commenced before 1 January 2020 (PDF 39k) (RTF 63k)
• Practice Direction No. 2 of 2020 - Opening of the Registry (PDF 10k) (RTF 69k) - Revoked

The following Practice Direction takes effect from 1 October 2019:

• Practice Direction No 1 of 2019 - Legislation and Authorities Appeals and Other Full Court Matters (PDF 41k) (DOCX 36k)

The following Practice Direction takes effect from 1 January 2018:

• Practice Direction No 2 of 2017 - Registry hours (PDF 9k) (RTF 56k)

Applications for a suppression order or non-publication order 

• Practice Direction No 1 of 2016 - Suppression orders (PDF 10k) (RTF 70k)

The following Practice Directions take effect from 1 January 2011:

• Practice Direction No 1 of 2010 - Revocation of existing Practice Directions (PDF 10k) (RTF 11k)
• Practice Direction No 2 of 2010 - Use of initials or pseudonyms in applications (PDF 9k) (RTF 9k)

Last updated 19 December 2022