Administrative Forms

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Access to court documents & transcripts

Transcript order forms – see VIQ Solutions website (formerly Auscript)

Civil proceedings

• Request for access to the Court file by a party: Procedures | Form (RTF, 275 KB)
• Request for access to court documents by a non-party/media representative:
  Procedures | Form (RTF, 118 KB) | Form (DOCX, 118  KB) | Form (PDF 344 KB)

Criminal proceedings

• Request for access to the court file by a party: Procedures | Form  (DOCX 53 kb)
• Request for access to court documents by a non-party/media: Procedures | Form (DOCX 124 kb)

Accounts (eg. Credit account applications)

• Application to be an approved user of court services – including credit account applications (DOCX, 45 KB)

Exemptions and Deferrals

• Exemption from paying court fees – financial hardship application (RTF, 29 MB)
• Exemption from paying court fees – general application (RTF, 219 KB)
• Deferral of payment of court fees application (DOCX, 40 KB)
• Statement of financial circumstances – corporation (RTF, 342 KB)
• Statement of financial circumstances – individual (RTF, 417 KB)

Refunds

• Application for refund of court fees (RTF, 262 KB)

Miscellaneous

• Fax filing cover sheet (sample) (DOC, 23.5 KB)
• Party category information (RTF, 249 KB)
• Register to practice in the Federal Court – Available on High Court website