• Application – contempt

    This form is used to apply for a person to be punished for contempt of court. An Affidavit must be filed at the same time stating the facts relied on in support of the application

  • General federal law: Subpoenas

    Subpoenas in General federal law matters

  • FCFCOA Practice Direction: Working with interpreters

    This Practice Direction applies to all proceedings commenced on or after 1 December 2025 in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (the Courts). This Practice Direction also applies to any proceedings commenced prior to this date unless unfair or impractical do to so.

  • Media release: International recognition for the Court’s world-leading Lighthouse initiative

    The internationally respected Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) has selected Lighthouse as this year’s recipient of the Irwin Cantor Innovative Program Award. The award was presented at a ceremony held in Los Angeles, USA on 31 May 2023.

  • Media release: Opening of new Launceston court facilities to better service the local community and the legal profession

    On Monday 3 April 2023, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1 and Division 2) will host an event to officially open new court facilities in Launceston. Guest speakers include the Honourable Mark Dreyfus KC MP, Attorney-General for the Commonwealth of Australia, the Honourable Chief Justice Will Alstergren AO, and Ms Amanda Thompson, President of The Law Society of Tasmania. Members of the local legal sector will also be present.

  • Lismore court list

    Street address: Suite 1, Level 2, Westlawn Building, 29 Molesworth Street, Lismore

  • Update to the profession: Applications for review

    This update provides the profession with information about jurisprudential and other developments that relate to Applications for Review of registrar decisions, since the commencement of the new case management pathway in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court). Commencing 1 September 2021, all Applications for Review are managed nationally and may be heard by a local or interstate judge, including the Chief Justice/Chief Judge and Deputy Chief Justice/Deputy Chief Judge.
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