• Part 4: Management and accountability

    Corporate governance This section reports on aspects of the Federal Circuit Court’s corporate governance arrangements. The legal framework for the Federal Circuit Court’s corporate governance practices is set out in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999, the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth) and the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth).

  • Darwin Registry operations due to Cyclone Fina

    Darwin Registry reopening Monday 24 November

  • Migration: Interpreter services

    This page provides information about interpreters and translation services and where to find assistance in languages other than English.

  • Interpreter policy and guidelines

    If you have difficulty with English and need an interpreter to understand what is being said at a court hearing, you will need to arrange for any interpreter that you or your witnesses may require. A certified interpreter is required to provider interpreter services for hearings where cross examination will occur, except in exceptional circumstances where no certified interpreter is available for the language required.

  • Financial or property: Overview

    When people separate (whether from a marriage or a de facto relationship), they usually need to sort out how to divide their property and debts.

  • Legal resources of the new Court: Rules, Practice Directions and forms

    The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court) commenced on 1 September 2021. Below is a brief summary of the new rules of Court that govern practice and procedure in the new Court.

  • Lighthouse Project - Update to the Profession June 2021

    With the Pilot now well underway, the Court calls upon the profession to familiarise themselves with this important project and to communicate the process and benefits with their clients.

  • Practice and procedure update: Word document of proposed consent orders now required with Application for Consent Orders

    From 31 October 2025 additional documents will be required when filing an Application for Consent Orders on the Commonwealth Courts Portal

  • Direct Debit Service Agreement

    For law firms to arrange for funds to be debited from an account by the Federal Court of Australia

  • Lighthouse Project - Update to the Profession November 2021

    In the final edition the Lighthouse Project Update for 2021, this edition will focus on the Evatt List and includes a Q & A with Evatt List Senior Judicial Registrars and Judicial Registrars to address the most common questions that the Court has received about the Lighthouse Project.  The Evatt List The Evatt List, as a specialised Court list, has been developed and implemented to assist families that have been identified as being at high risk of family violence and other associated…
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