A plain-English guide to the Australian courts that commonly hear class actions, and a transparent view of how currently listed public registry matters are distributed across courts.
25public court records
1with linked matters
7court-backed links
4/21federal / state-territory
Jurisdiction
How court jurisdiction works
Jurisdiction is the court's authority to hear a particular kind of dispute. In Australian class actions, the right court depends on the legal issues, the parties, the legislation relied on, and where the events occurred.
Federal jurisdiction Federal Court matters usually involve Commonwealth legislation or nationally significant disputes, including corporations, consumer law, financial services, privacy, employment, competition and migration-related questions.
State and territory jurisdiction State and territory Supreme Courts hear major civil disputes within their own systems. Some have representative proceeding regimes or procedural rules that can support group claims.
Coverage
Registry coverage snapshot
These counts reflect the current ClassActions.com.au public registry dataset only. They are not a complete count of all Australian class actions filed in each court.
Coverage caveat: absence of a link means this registry has not yet connected a public matter to that court. It does not mean the court has no class actions, no relevant proceedings, or no current activity.
Federal
Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Federal · AU
6 linked
The Federal Court is the main national venue for representative proceedings under Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth). It commonly hears consumer, shareholder, privacy, employment, financial services and other nationally significant class actions.
Supreme Courts are listed for every Australian state and territory. Related matter links are shown only where backed by current registry data.
Supreme Court of NSW
State · NSW
0 linked
The New South Wales Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
Supreme Court of Victoria
State · VIC
0 linked
The Victoria Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
Supreme Court QLD
State · QLD
0 linked
The Queensland Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
Supreme Court WA
State · WA
0 linked
The Western Australia Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
Supreme Court SA
State · SA
0 linked
The South Australia Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
Supreme Court TAS
State · TAS
0 linked
The Tasmania Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
Supreme Court ACT
Territory · ACT
0 linked
The Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
Supreme Court NT
Territory · NT
0 linked
The Northern Territory Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
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