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The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law (with the exception of family law matters), along with some summary (less serious) and indictable (more serious) criminal matters. [2]
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia is split into two divisions: [7] [6] Division 1 is the former Family Court of Australia and is a superior court of record for dealing with family law matters. It contains 35 judges.
Australian Military Court (2007–2009) [b] Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1904–1956) [c] Commonwealth Industrial Court (1956–1973) [d] Family Court (1976–2021) Federal Circuit Court / Federal Magistrates Court (1999–2021) Federal Court of Bankruptcy (1930–1977) [e] Industrial Relations Court of Australia (1994 ...
Australia's constitution 'establishes the form of the federal government and sets out the basis for relations between the Commonwealth and the states'. [21] Chapter I defines the role and powers of the legislature, Chapter II defines that of the Executive, and Chapter III defines that of the Judiciary.
The court is a superior court of limited jurisdiction, but below the High Court of Australia in the hierarchy of federal courts, and was created by the Federal Court of Australia Act in 1976. [ 24 ] Decisions of the High Court are binding on the Federal Court.
The Court was known as the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Act as the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its first judicial officers were appointed in 2000; it first applications were filed on 23 June 2000 and the Court's first sittings were conducted on 3 July 2000 in Adelaide , Brisbane , Canberra , Melbourne ...
Before Federation, each Australian colony had a two- or three-tiered judicial system with a Supreme Court at its apex. [1] The colonial Supreme Courts followed the model of the Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales, as the High Court of Justice was known from the 1870s, when it was established by the Judicature Acts. [2]
Selected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts Australian Company Law Reports: ACLR: 1974-1989 Criminal law: Australian Criminal Reports: A Crim R: 1979-Thomson Reuters: Selected decisions on criminal law by the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of the states and ...