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. Lawyers with the conduct of proceedings are expected to be familiar with their content and act in accordance with that guidance unless directed otherwise.
From 30 January 2017 the Court introduces a new system of publishing and organising its Practice Notes to make them easier to locate and navigate and ensure the information provided is up to date.
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.
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. The body of the Practice Note will contain its new operative date and a history of amendments and a copy of the superseded version will be retained in the Practice Notes Archive.
Notices to the Profession provide information to practitioners about matters of a more temporal nature such as advising which judges are responsible for which specialist lists for the year; reminders to the profession about certain rules and practices if it appears there is confusion or non-compliance and notices from the Prothonotary or a Registrar about a matter of registry practice.
Practice note | Division | Date of publication | Documents |
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This Practice Note commences on 1 January 2011. It applies to new and, so far as the circumstances permit, existing group proceedings. Note: This practice note has been archived. |
General | Notice to Practitioner No 9 of 2010 (pdf 97.81KB) | |
Notice to Practitioners 2010 - Online Searches Note: This practice note has been archived. |
Notice to the Profession | Notice to Practitioners 2010 - Online Searches (pdf 55.17KB) Notice to Practitioners 2010 - Online Searches (doc 391.50KB) | |
Trial Division Pre Trial Directions - Pro Forma Minutes of Order Note: This practice note has been archived. |
General | Trail Division Pre Trial Directions - Pro Forma Minutes of Order (doc 38.00KB) | |
Notice to the Profession 1/2010 on Schemes of Arrangement Changes to have been made to Chapter V of the Rules of the Supreme Court (Corporations) Rules 2003Note: This practice note has been archived. |
General | Notice to the Profession 1/2010 on Schemes of Arrangement (pdf 40.69KB) | |
Notice to the Profession Appointment of Prothonotary Appointment of the Prothonotary of the Supreme CourtNote: This practice note has been archived. |
General | Notice to the Profession Appointment of Prothonotary (pdf 13.50KB) | |
Notice to the Profession Consent Orders submitted by Email Consent Orders By EmailNote: This practice note has been archived. |
General | Notice to the Profession Consent Orders submitted by Email (pdf 42.11KB) Notice to the Profession Consent Orders submitted by Email (doc 488.50KB) | |
Management of Group Proceedings Note: This practice note has been archived. |
General | Practice Note No 8 of 2010 (pdf 79.79KB) | |
Notice to the Profession - Admiralty List This Notice to the Profession outlines the changes to the Admiralty ListNote: This practice note has been archived. |
General | ||
Notice to the Profession - Issuing of Subpoenas Notice to the Profession - Issuing of SubpoenasNote: This practice note has been archived. |
General | Notice to the Profession - Issuing of Subpoenas (pdf 60.46KB) | |
Notice to the Profession 2010 - Judge in Charge Commercial Court Changes in the Judge in Charge of the Commercial CourtNote: This practice note has been archived. |
Commercial Court | Notice to Profession 2010 (pdf 21.69KB) |