On 7 May 2025, Chief Justice D S Mortimer of the Federal Court published an updated version of the Lists of Authorities and Citations Practice Note (GPN-AUTH).
Changes have been made to paragraphs [2.4], [2.5] and [2.6] of GPN-AUTH.
The changes are summarised below:
- While medium neutral citations must be provided where available, authorised report citations need not be provided if this is not possible.
- It is sufficient to refer to the medium neutral citation paragraph numbers of a judgment rather than page numbers in any written or oral submissions.
- The Court prefers references to paragraph numbers where available.
These changes respond to access to justice concerns raised by the profession, particularly in relation to the availability of authorised reports to litigants in person, sole practitioners and small firms.
They were made following consultation with the profession and the responses were reviewed by Justices Thawley and Downes.
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