Past Practice Documents

31 Jan 2020

The Federal Court revoked the version of the Cross-Border Insolvency Practice Note: Cooperation with Foreign Courts or Foreign Representatives (GPN-XBDR) issued on 25 October 2016 and issued the new Cross-Border Insolvency Practice Note: Cooperation with Foreign Courts or Foreign Representatives (GPN-XBDR) effective immediately.

• GPN-XBDR: Cross-Border Insolvency Practice Note: Cooperation with Foreign Courts or Foreign Representatives
  (Reissued) (Date Issued: 31 Jan 2020)

• GPN-XBDR: Cross-Border Insolvency Practice Note: Cooperation with Foreign Courts or Foreign Representatives (RTF, 2.4mb)
  (Date Issued: 25 Oct 2016; Date Revoked: 31 Jan 2020)

20 Dec 2019

The Federal Court issued 8 revised practice notes.

The majority of the changes concern the wider adoption of the Concise Statement Method into other NPAs of the Court, following its success in the Commercial and Corporations NPA where it was first introduced.

In addition to the Commercial & Corporations Practice Note (C&C-1), the Concise Statement Method is now found in the Central Practice Note (CPN-1) and referred to in the following practice notes: Administrative and Constitutional and Human Rights (ACLHR-1), Admiralty and Maritime (A&M-1), Employment and Industrial Relations (E&IR-1) and Intellectual Property (IP-1).

The main changes to the other practice notes include:

• Class Actions General Practice Note (GPN-CA):
  • The replacement of the 'docket judge' and 'case management judge' concepts with the 'class actions management judge'
  • Additional matters the parties should be ready to address at the first case management hearing
  • The obligations of the parties where they become aware of a competing class action; and
  • The duties and expectations imposed upon the applicant's solicitor in seeking the Court's approval to a settlement.
• Employment and Industrial Relations (E&IR-1):
  • the use of concise statements
  • additional matters the parties should be ready to address at the first case management hearing; and
  • dealing with evidence before the first case management hearing

Central Practice Note

• CPN-1: Central Practice Note (Reissued: 20 Dec 2019)

National Practice Area Practice Notes

• ALCHR-1: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights Practice Note
• A&M-1: Admiralty & Maritime Practice Note
• E&IR-1: Employment & Industrial Relations Practice Note
• IP-1: Intellectual Property Practice Note
• TAX-1: Taxation Practice Note

General Practice Notes

• GPN-CA: Class Action Practice Note
• GPN-AUTH: List of Authorities Practice Note

(All practice notes reissued on: 20 Dec 2019)

Central Practice Note

• CPN-1: Central Practice Note (RTF, 2.4 mb)
  

National Practice Area Practice Notes

• ALCHR-1: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights Practice Note (RTF, 2.4 mb)
• A&M-1: Admiralty & Maritime Practice Note (RTF, 2.4 mb)
• E&IR-1: Employment & Industrial Relations Practice Note (RTF, 2.4 mb)
• IP-1: Intellectual Property Practice Note (RTF, 2.4 mb)
• TAX-1: Taxation Practice Note (RTF, 2.4 mb)

General Practice Notes

• GPN-CA: Class Actions (RTF, 2.4 kb)
  
• GPN-AUTH: List of Authorities Practice Note (RTF, 2.4 mb)

(All practice notes Issued: 25 Oct 2016; Revoked: 20 Dec 2019)

12 Nov 2019

The Federal Court issued a new practice note, Defamation Practice Note (Def-1), effective immediately, following consultation with the profession. Defamation is a Sub area within the Court's Other Federal Jurisdiction National Practice Area.

• DEF-1: Defamation Practice Note (Issued: 12 Nov 2019)

• N/A

18 Sept 2017

The Federal Court revoked the version of the Interest on Judgments Practice Note (GPN-INT) issued on 25 October 2016 and issued the new Interest on Judgments Practice Note (GPN-INT) effective immediately.

• GPN-INT: Interest on Judgments Practice Note (Reissued) (Date Issued: 18 Sept 2017)

• GPN-INT: Interest on Judgments Practice Note (Date Issued: 25 Oct 2016; Date Revoked: 18 Sept 2017)

15 May 2017

The Federal Court issued the NPA practice note - Federal Crime and Related Proceedings (CRIME-1) effective immediately.

• CRIME-1: Federal Crime and Related Proceedings (Date Issued: 15 May 2017)

• N/A

25 Oct 2019

As part of the National Court Framework reforms, all existing practice documents (36 Practice Notes and 23 state-based Administrative Notices) were revoked and 26 national practice notes were issued, effective immediately.

26 new Practice Notes issued. To understand these practice note changes, the Court has prepared:

• a cross-reference table comparing new to old practice notes

36 Practice Notes were revoked. To understand these practice note changes, the Court has prepared:

• a cross-reference table comparing old to new practice notes

23 Administrative Notices were revoked. To understand these practice note changes, the Court has prepared:

• a cross-reference table of revoked Administrative Notices and the relevant national practice note

16 Feb 2015

On an interim basis, as part of the National Court Framework, the NCF 1 – National Court Framework and case management practice note was issued. It applied to the Commercial and Corporations NPA only.

This Practice Note sets out the fundamental principles concerning the national framework of the Federal Court, together with key principles of case management procedure. All other Practice Notes and Administrative Notices are to be read within the framework established in this Practice Note.

• NCF 1 - National Court Framework and case management (New) (Issued: 16 Feb 2015)

N/A