Starting from 1 January 2020, the High Court of Australia now
provides for the electronic lodgement of Court documents.
The Digital Lodgement System Portal (DLS Portal) now allows law
firms, legal practitioners and self-represented litigants to
register, file documents, receive notifications and track the
progress of their cases at any time.
It provides for the mandatory lodgement of all documents filed
for any cases commenced on or after 1 January 2020.
In terms of the format requirements of the Application Book,
Core Appeal Books, Further Materials and Joint Book of Authorities
little has changed.
Parties are required to prepare and file the Application Book,
Core Appeal Book (CAB), Appellant's Book of Further Materials,
the Respondent's Book of Further Materials and the Joint Book
of Authorities (JBA) in each appeal in accordance with the High
Court Rules 2004. The difference being, there is no longer a
requirement to prepare any of these books in hard copy.
