This form is used in general federal law and migration proceedings to make an application to be exempted from paying a court fee, or to pay a reduced fee, on the basis of financial hardship. In considering whether payment of a fee would cause financial hardship to an individual, the Court must consider the individual’s income, day to day living expenses, liabilities and assets. If you are applying for an exemption or reduction of a filing fee, then this form must be lodged at the same time as the document on which that fee must be paid is lodged. If you are applying for the exemption of a setting-down or hearing fee, then this form must be lodged once the hearing date is set. For more information, see regulations 2.06 and 2.06A of the Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court Regulations 2012.

This form is used by lawyers to advise the Court that they no longer act for their client. A lawyer may file a notice of withdrawal without leave of the Court only if, at least 7 days before filing the notice, the lawyer has served a notice of intention to withdraw on the party for whom the lawyer is acting.

The Family Court annual reports provide information for our stakeholders and the wider community about the court’s operations and performance in each financial year, and review our progress.

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.

These reports contain corporate information about the Federal Circuit Court of Australia.

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