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Full Court & Appellate Sitting Dates

Subject to there being sufficient business, the Full Court and Appellate sittings of the Federal Court of Australia will be held in all capital cities within the periods indicated below:

2024

  • 19 February - 1 March 2024 *
  • 6 - 28 May 2024
  • 5 - 30 August 2024
  • 4 - 26 November 2024

2025

  • 3 - 28 March 2025
  • 28 July - 29 August 2025
  • 3 - 28 November 2025 

Any urgent matter may be transferred to a place of sitting other than that at which the matter was heard at first instance.

If the circumstances require it, the Court may sit to hear matters on dates other than those listed.

 

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