Practice notes provide information about particular aspects of the Court's practice, procedure and organisation. They sit alongside the Rules of Court to provide guidance in relation to the conduct of proceedings. All Court users are expected to be familiar with their content and act according to the guidance, unless directed otherwise.
Each practice note is designated with the letter "SC" followed by an abbreviation denoting the Division of the Court to which it applies or the general designation followed by a number.
| Code | Division |
| SC CA | Court of Appeal |
| SC CC | Commercial Court |
| SC CL | Common Law Division |
| SC CR | Criminal Division |
| SC GEN | General |
Where changes are made to a practice note, it will retain its designation. For access to archived versions of Practice Notes, please email the Registry.
Notices to the Profession share matters of a more temporal nature, including:
- advising judges responsible for specialist lists for the year
- reminders to practitioners about certain rules and practices if it appears there is confusion or non-compliance
- notices from the Prothonotary or a registrar about a matter of registry practice.
See a comprehensive list of all practice notes and Notices to the Profession that apply to the whole Court and specific to each Division.
| Title | Last Updated |
| SC Gen 11 Costs Court | December 2025 |
| Notice to the Profession - Update on advice of changes to Costs Court practice | March 2021 |
| Notice to the Profession - New Scale of Costs | December 2023 |
| Notice to the Profession - Costs Court | September 2024 |
| Notice to the Profession - Legal costs and GST | December 2025 |
| Title | Last Updated |
| SC CA 1 Criminal Appeals (Third revision) | July 2023 |
| SC CA 2 Interlocutory appeals and reserved questions of law in criminal proceedings (Second revision) | March 2022 |
| SC CA 3 Civil Applications and Appeals (Third revision) | March 2026 |
| SC CA 4 Second and subsequent appeals | December 2019 |
| Registrar's note for civil applications and appeals | March 2026 |
| Notice to the Profession - Criminal appeals extension of time | March 2026 |
| Title | Last Updated |
| SC CR 1 Case Management Procedure for Criminal Trials | December 2025 |
| SC CR 2 Bail applications and appeals (Fourth revision) | September 2024 |
| SC CR 3 Expert evidence in criminal trials | June 2025 |
| SC CR 4 Sentencing hearings (Third revision) | March 2024 |
| SC CR 5 Crimes Mental Impairment | January 2017 |
| SC CR 6 Applications in the Criminal Division | January 2017 |
| SC CR 7 Expert reports on mental functioning of offenders | July 2017 |
| SC CR 8 Case Management Procedure for Criminal Trials | January 2019 |
| SC CR 9 Joint Jurisdictional Practice Note for the Electronic Filing of Indictments | September 2019 |
| SC CR 10 Children in Custody Attending Court | June 2020 |
| SC CR 11 Applications for sentence indications | March 2022 |
| SC CR 12 Fast-track process for homicide matters | May 2025 |
| Notice to the Profession - Electronic filing in the Criminal Division | January 2019 |
| Notice to the Profession - Criminal trials by judge alone | March 2022 |