HOW TO FILE DOCUMENTS WITH THE COURT
Most documents for proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria are filed electronically through RedCrest. See below for further information and exceptions. To find out more about using RedCrest, view the RedCrest eFiling Hub.
CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
Parties seeking to file confidential (or otherwise sensitive) material should email the relevant registry before filing documents. The email should include, along with any other matters the party considers relevant:
- the basis for claiming confidentiality
- whether confidentiality is claimed over the whole documents or only part (and identify the part)
- whether you seek that the document not be made available to:
- the other party(s) to the proceeding
- or non-parties only - see the Searching Court Records page for more information about the documents available to non-parties in different proceedings.
Please note: in many instances, a court order is required for documents to be treated as confidential.
All advertisements, applications and subsequent documents filed with the Probate office are to be filed electronically through RedCrest-Probate.
An original will, or document to be resealed, should be posted to the Probate Office address on the Contact us page.
All documents to be filed in proceedings in the Civil Trial Division are to be filed electronically through RedCrest.
All documents to be filed in proceedings in the Criminal Trial Division are to be filed electronically through RedCrest except for:
- indictments
- trial and plea exhibits
- any documents relating to applications under the:
- Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Cth)
- Corrections Act 1986 (Vic)
- Crime (Assumed Identities) Act 2004 (Vic);
- Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Act 2011 (Vic)
- Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 (Vic)
- Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 (Cth)
- Surveillance Devices Act 1999 (Vic)
- Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 (Vic)
- Witness Protection Act 1991 (Vic).
This includes proceedings initiated prior to 29 January 2019, which will remain as paper files.
All documents to be filed in proceedings in the Court of Appeal, both Civil and Criminal Appeals, are to be filed electronically through RedCrest except for:
- Civil application/appeal books (to be filed in hard copy and electronically on a USB).
- Civil combined folders of authorities (to be filed in hard copy and electronically on a USB).
- Criminal transcripts and exhibits.
- Where a party has been directed to file in a different way.
Practitioners are encouraged to contact the Court of Appeal team in the Registry should they require clarification regarding sensitive documents, particularly where they were directed not to be filed electronically in the lower court.