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Practice notes

General Practice Notes

Item number	Title
1	District Court General Practice Note 1 - Pronunciation of Names and Forms of Address (PDF, 90.3 KB)
2	District Court General Practice Note 2 - Generative AI Practice Note

Criminal jurisdiction (current)

Item number	Title
2	Circuit Sittings of the District Court revised 18 December 2009
3	Provision of Psychiatric Reports to Correctional Facilities
4	Media Access to Sexual Assault Proceedings Heard in Camera
5	Management of Prescribed Sexual Offence Proceedings
6	Sexual Assault Case List
8	Removal of Judgments from the Internet
16	Work health and Safety Act Prosecutions issued 4 June 2021
24	District Court Criminal Practice Note 24 - Applications for leave for in person appearances in Trials and Sentence Hearings of WHS Prosecutions Practice Note 24 is suspended
25	District Court Criminal Practice Note 25 - Applications for Leave for In Person Appearances in Sentence Proceedings Practice Note 25 is suspended
26	District Court Criminal Practice Note 26 - Walama List Sentencing Procedure Walama List Evaluation Participant Consent Form
31	District Court Practice Note 31 - Management of Proceedings under the Child Sexual Offence Evidence Program
32	District Court Criminal Practice Note 32 - Management of Criminal Proceedings listed in the Downing Centre
33	District Court Criminal Practice Note 33 - Management of Criminal Proceedings listed at Circuit Courts (being Courts without a Resident Judge)

Criminal Jurisdiction (archived)

Criminal jurisdiction (archived)

Item number	Title
1	Listing Procedures at Courts with Full Time sittings revised 18 December 2009
7	Management of Country Circuit Lists replaced by PN 2 on 18 December 2009
9	Standard Case Management Directions replaced by revised PN on 14 July 2017
10	Work Health and Safety Act Prosecutions issued 6 December 2011
11	Child Sexual Offence Evidence pilot - Downing Centre issued 6 August 2019
13	Call Over for Trials in Circuit Sittings Commencing 1 December 2016
14	AVL readiness hearings for circuit sittings revised 13 August 2018
15	Sentence matters 4 July 2018
17	AVL call-over for circuit sittings issued 5 November 2018
18	District Court Criminal Practice Note 18 - Criminal Trials replaced 2 August 2021 Criminal trials replaced 27 May 2022
19	Criminal trials at circuit sittings Readiness Hearing Guidance (and forms)
20	District Court Criminal Practice Note 20
21	Appeals against Conviction Commencing 18 April 2022
22	Revocation of Practice Note 22
23	District Court Criminal Practice Note 23 - Resumption of Jury Trials and in person appearances in Judge Alone Trials Replaced 22 April 2022 District Court Criminal Practice Note 23 Additional Venues updated 26 October 2021
25	District Court Criminal Practice Note 25 - Applications for Leave for In Person Appearances in Sentence Proceedings
27	District Court Criminal Practice Note 27 - Jury Trials and Judge Alone Trials Court Users FAQs
	29 - Management of Criminal Proceedings listed in the Downing Centre
30	District Court Practice Note 30 - Management of Criminal Proceedings listed at Circuit Courts

Civil jurisdiction (current)

Item number	Title
1A	Case Management in Country Sittings commenced 6 April 2018
1B	Online Courts Commencing 31 October 2018
1C	Attendance at Civil Proceedings by Audio Visual Link (AVL) Commencing 29 January 2024
5	Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
6	Defamation
7	Court Approval of Settlement revised Practice Note commenced 31 August 2020
8	Early Return of Subpoenas amended 15 June 2011
10	Inactive List (PDF, 10.3 KB)
11	Access to Court Files by Non-Parties
12	Coal Miners' Workers Compensation List revised 14 April 2014
15	Pre-judgment interest rates commenced 1 July 2010
16	Case Management in the General List commenced 21 July 2025

Civil Jurisdiction (archived)

Civil jurisdiction (archived)

Item number	Title
-	Rescinding Previous Practice Notes in Force before the Civil Procedure Act 2005
1	Case Management in the General List revised Practice Note commenced 18 September 2023
1	Case Management in the General List revised Practice Note commenced 31 August 2020
1	Case Management in the General List rescinded on 31 August 2020
2	Case Management in the Commercial List rescinded on 23 October 2009
3	Case Management in the Construction List revoked on 7 September 2009
4	Proceedings under Property (Relationships) Act 1984 and Family Provision Act 1982 revoked on 7 September 2009
7	Court Approval of Settlement revised 31 August 2020
9	Summons and Motions revoked on 7 September 2009
13	Amendments to Case Management revoked on 7 September 2009
14	Extension of Time for Service of Statements of Claim in Debt Claims revoked 17 March 2014
16	Applications for leave for in person appearances in Civil Trials Practice Note 16 is suspended

Last updated: 02 September 2025

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