Full Court Minute Books

Offices of the Registry

The Principal Registry of the High Court of Australia is located at the seat of the Court in Canberra.  There are offices of the Registry at the capital city of each State and in Darwin.

Registry Services & Support

For Registry services and support please contact us by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Face to face services are no longer provided at the Registry Counter.

Documents for cases should be lodged through the HCA DLS Portal, more information on the DLS Portal is available here: https://www.hcourt.gov.au/digital-lodgment-system/digital-lodgment-system-information

The office hours of the Registry shall be from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm. Documents must be lodged by 4.00 pm Monday to Friday to be filed on that day, any act done after 4.00 pm on a day shall be taken to have been done on the next day on which the Registry is open.

Digital Lodgment System Portal

In 2020 the High Court of Australia moved from a paper-based Court to one that provides for the electronic lodgment of Court documents.

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.

The system provides for mandatory electronic lodgment of all documents filed in any case commenced after 1 January 2020.  Register with a simple 3 step process of email verification, registration and approval by the Registry dls.hcourt.gov.au.

Principal Registry

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Parkes Place, Parkes, ACT, 2600
Postal Address: P O Box 6309, Kingston, ACT 2604

Registry telephone: (02) 6270 6829

Offices Around Australia

Sydney:

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Level 23, Law Courts Building,
Queens Square, Sydney, NSW, 2000

Melbourne:

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Level 17, Commonwealth Law Courts Building,
305 William Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000

Brisbane:

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Federal Court of Australia
Level 6, Commonwealth Law Courts Building
119 North Quay, Brisbane, QLD, 4000


Perth:

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Federal Court of Australia
Level 6, Commonwealth Law Courts Building
1 Victoria Avenue, Perth, WA, 6000

 

Adelaide:

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Federal Court of Australia
Level 5, Commonwealth Law Courts
3 Angas Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000

Hobart:

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Supreme Court of Tasmania
Salamanca Place, Hobart, TAS, 7000
 

Darwin:

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Federal Court of Australia
Level 2, Supreme Court Building
State Square, Darwin, NT, 0800