News & Events

13 January 2020: Statement on Bushfires
Support from the Court is available to those impacted by the bushfires.

09 January 2020: New Speeches by Justice S. Derrington
'Faith, hope, and charity', 'Evolving families...'

23 December 2019: Update on Pending Trial
For potential jurors in CDPP v Country Care Group

20 December 2019: Changes to Federal Court Practice Notes
Eight revised practices notes have been issued, effective immediately.

12 November 2019: New Federal Court Practice Note
Defamation Practice Note (DEF-1)

06 November 2019: Update of Online File
Rush v Nationwide News

04 November 2019: Update of Online File
ABC v Kane & Ors

29 October 2019: New Speech by Chief Justice Allsop
'The intersection of companies and trusts'

29 October 2019: New speech by Justice Middleton
'The challenge of running competition cases'

28 October 2019: Opening remarks by Justice Perry
2019 SCCI Architecture Hub, "The architecture of justice"

21 October 2019: 2018-2019 Annual Report
Now published

17 October 2019: New speech by Justice Rares
'Speaking the right social media language'

17 October 2019: Registry Opening Hours
December 2019 - January 2020

10 October 2019: New speech by Justice Rares
'Charting a new course - Promoting the development of an international convention ...'

08 October 2019: Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture
"The fluctuating incidence of the burden of proof under the Hague-Visby Rules"

02 October 2019: UN Day Lecture
"25 Years of Cross Border Insolvency Law Reform 1994 - 2019" - 23 October 2019

30 September 2019: Melbourne Law Courts Building
Expect delays entering building: Mon 7 October to Fri 18 October 2019.

23 September 2019: Judges In Conversation
'Limitations on judicial review: Where to from here?' Tue, 8 October 2019, 6.00-7.00 pm (VIC)

20 September 2019: New speech by Justice Sarah Derrington
'Of shields and swords - let the jousting begin!'

19 September 2019: AMTAC Annual Address 2019
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 5:15 pm to 6:30 pm (AEST)

19 September 2019: New speech by Justice Stewart
'Writ or Wrong? Protecting against a change of ownership before the vessel is arrested.'

13 September 2019: The Online File has been updated
Friends of Leadbeater's Possum v VicForests

06 September 2019: Event: International Arbitration and the Art of Strategy
Tuesday, 17 September, 5.15 pm to 6.15 pm (AEST)

02 September 2019: New speech by Justice Colvin
An Australian international commercial court - Not a bad idea or what a bad idea?

30 August 2019: Event: Democracy, Human Rights and the Judiciary
Melbourne, 4 September 2019, 5:00 pm

22 August 2019: de Belin v Australian Rugby League Commission
The online file has been updated

22 August 2019: Update of Online File
ABC v Kane & Ors

21 August 2019: New Speech
'Case management & insolvency: Matching rhetoric & reality'

20 August 2019: New Speech by Justice Middleton
The life of the trial judge - What has or is changing?

09 August 2019: Notice to Jurors
Regarding trial due to commence in Melbourne

29 July 2019: New Speech by Justice Stewart
"Salvage Learnings from the Thor Commander"

17 July 2019: Joint Costs Advisory Committee - 2019 Call for Submissions
By Friday, 2 August 2019, 23:59 (AEST).

28 June 2019: Event: Multiple Dimensions of Complex Arbitrations
Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 5.15 pm to 6.15 pm (AEST)

25 June 2019: New Online File
Sanda v PTTEP Australasia (Ashmore Cartier)

21 June 2019: Annual Fee Changes from 1 July 2019
 

21 June 2019: Event: Salvage learnings from the Thor Commander
Admiralty and Maritime Seminar - 24 July 2019.

20 June 2019: Adverse Action List
In the Employment and Industrial Relations NPA

03 June 2019: Event: John Emerson AM Oration
To be held: 7 August 2019, 5 to 6 PM

03 June 2019: The Online File has been updated
Friends of Leadbeater's Possum v VicForests

22 May 2019: Financial Services Law & Enforcement after the Banking Royal ...
Seminar, to be held Wednesday, 5 June 2019

02 May 2019: Federal Court Forms
Updates to various Federal Court forms.

02 May 2019: Amendment to Rules
Federal Court Amendment (Court Administration and Other Measures) Rules 2019

23 April 2019: Event: The Burden of Proof under the Hague-Visby Rules
To be held Tuesday, 30 April 2019.

12 April 2019: New Speeches by Chief Justice Allsop
 

11 April 2019: Full Court and Appellate Sitting Dates for 2020
 

04 April 2019: New Speech by Justice Perry
"iDecide: Digital Pathways to Decision"

22 February 2019: New Speech by Justice Moshinsky
"The federal and state courts on constitutional law: The 2018 term"

13 February 2019: Class actions protocol
Between the Federal Court and Supreme Court of NSW

11 February 2019: Ceremonial Sitting
To welcome Justice Anastassiou.

08 February 2019: Ceremonial Sitting
To farewell Justice Barker.

07 February 2019: New Speech by Chief Justice Allsop
"Courts as (Living) Institutions and Workplaces"

21 January 2019: Paper by Justice Burley
'Ongoing patent infringement: Is injunctive relief an inevitable outcome?'