The Supreme Court Registry is led by the Executive Director Supreme Court Operations and Prothonotary, and includes a Civil team and an Appeals and Crime team.
Registry staff support the judiciary and court users in a number of ways, including:
- providing procedural advice by email, phone and at the counter
- accepting documents for filing, and actioning requests for access to Court files
- providing case management support to judicial officers
- undertaking other administrative tasks
- collecting Court fees.
For more contact information and registry operating hours, see the Supreme Court's main contact us page.
Civil team in the Registry
The Civil team supports the Common Law Division, Commercial Court and Costs Court, and incorporates the Office of the Prothonotary.
The Civil team performs a range of specialist administrative functions and services including:
- issuing and inspecting subpoenas
- serving legal documents overseas
- managing case transfers to and from the Supreme Court
- maintaining the Supreme Court roll of admitted lawyers, and undertaking a variety of administrative functions relating to admissions
- assessing applications to access certain divorce information.
Appeals & Crime team in the Registry
This team deals with the administrative functions of the Court of Appeal and Criminal Division as well as providing support services to the judiciary, the legal profession and the public.
Registry staff cannot give you legal advice. They can help with general information about the Court; its rules, procedures and processes.