Specific Requirements for Registrar List

The following information is provided to assist practitioners in navigating requirements when appearing in Registrar Lists.

All directions hearings, call overs, mentions, special fixtures, examinations and mediations before a Registrar are held in-person. The Court’s audio-visual links (video and telephone) will continue to operate and be available for use in appropriate circumstances. Any appearance via AVL or Telephone must be approved prior to apperance. If approval has not been sort or approved, an in-person apperance is required.

However, If appearing in the Common Law, Equity or Subpoena List, please refer to the Daily Court List page to confirm whether you meet the criteria for an AVL appearance. If you do not meet the criteria, an in-person appearance is required.

 

Specific Requirements for Registrar List

Court of Appeal

Practitioners are to continue to send agreed and proposed Short Minutes of Order to coa.registrar@justice.nsw.gov.au

Court of Criminal Appeal & Bails

Any self-represented party who is in custody will continue to appear by audio visual link and will appear at the end of the list.

Common Law

All parties are to send proposed Consent Orders to sc.commonlawregistrar@justice.nsw.gov.au by no later than 12 noon the working day prior to the listing. Anything received after this time will not be considered.

For all in-person appearances, parties are expected to hand up:

· proposed Consent Orders to the Court Officer at the beginning of the listing; or

· competing Short Minutes or Order to the Registrar when a contested proceeding is called.

All parties who meet the criteria to appear via audio visual link are expected to send proposed Consent Orders or competing Short Minutes of Order to sc.commonlawregistrar@justice.nsw.gov.au by no later than 2.30pm the working day prior to the listing.

Equity & Corporations

All parties are to send proposed Short Minutes of Order to sc.equityregistrar@justice.nsw.gov.au by no later than 12 noon the working day prior to the listing, failure to do so will result in the matter being moved to the end of the list.

Return of Subpoena

The Registrar will not call through the entire list and parties are reminded of the requirements and operation of this list as set out in Practice Note SC Gen 19. (PDF, 143.8 KB)

Confirmation of proposed access order and default access orders:

Parties should not attend Court to confirm a proposed access order or a default access order. The proposed access orders for the Subpoena packets appearing in the published spreadsheet in the daily Court list will be confirmed at the conclusion of the list. Parties wanting to view or listen to this order being made are required to use the passive virtual court link published on the Court list.

Applications for an adjournment by an issuing party:

The “return date folder” referred to in Practice Note SC Gen 19 will change to an email application to relist/adjourn. Click here to optain the required form. The form is required to be submitted by no later than 12 noon before the next return of subpoena listing. If your request is received prior to this time, an appearance is not required, and the registrar will make orders at the conclusion of the list. If your request is not submitted in time, an appearance will be required to request an adjournment.

Other orders (e.g. variation to proposed access order, objecting to access, access to notice to produce, orders for production, comity files, access in Criminal and Probate matters).

For any other order, parties are required to attend in-person unless you have been approved to attend using audio visual links.