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eLodgment

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What it is

eLodgment is a web service for electronically lodging documents in Federal Court of Australia and Federal Circuit and Family Court General Federal Law proceedings. Practitioners, law firms, corporate bodies, and self-represented litigants can register; third parties such as interveners cannot lodge documents on a file through the service. Users can submit initiating or supporting documents and file on existing matters if they know the file number. Registered users may lodge at any time, but submissions received after 4:30pm are deemed filed the next business day. Lodgment History lets users follow processing and retrieve processed documents for three months. Large-volume filers can make reusable templates for standard information. Uploads can be .docx, .pdf, .rtf, .xls, .xlsx, or .jpg, with a 30MB per-file limit; PDF Portfolios and PDFs with Attachments are disallowed. There is no fee to use eLodgment, though court fees may apply to particular document types. It shares single sign-on with eCourtroom. First-time registration approval may take up to one business day.

Spec sheet

Purpose
eLodgment is a web-based service for electronically filing documents in Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court General Federal Law proceedings.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Security
The Court says eLodgment uses SSL with 128-bit keys and that card details are encrypted and transmitted to ANZ without being stored by the Court or its technology service provider.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Support
Users can contact their local Federal Court registry for lodgment status or procedural questions and email [email protected] about registration or using the service.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Availability
Registered users can lodge documents any day and at any time, while lodgments received after 4:30pm are deemed filed the next business day.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Document access
Users can monitor lodgment progress and retrieve processed documents from Lodgment History, but documents remain accessible in eLodgment for three months.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Eligible users
Practitioners, law firms, corporate bodies, and self-represented litigants can register, but third parties such as interveners cannot lodge documents on a file through eLodgment.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Fees
There is no fee to use eLodgment, although filing particular document types may incur court fees payable by card or account.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
File constraints
The checklist allows .docx, .pdf, .rtf, .xls, .xlsx, and .jpg uploads, with a 30MB limit per file, and disallows PDF Portfolios and PDFs with Attachments.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Filing capabilities
Users can lodge initiating and supporting documents and file documents on existing matters when they know the file number.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Integration
eLodgment and eCourtroom share single sign-on, and participants can file documents from an eCourtroom discussion and access accepted documents there.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Payment options
Users can pay applicable fees by credit card or, if approved, use a court account invoiced monthly.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Registration
First-time users must register, and approval may take up to one business day.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au
Templates
Large-volume users can create customisable templates that save standard data for reuse in future lodgments.Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au

Plans and prices

eLodgment Free No fee to use the service · court fees may apply to particular document types Read 7 Oct 2026 · fedcourt.gov.au

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Lodgments can be submitted any day and time
  • Lodgment History tracks progress and retrieves processed documents
  • Large-volume users can create reusable templates
  • Single sign-on is shared with eCourtroom

Limits

  • After 4:30pm, lodgments count as filed next business day
  • Documents remain accessible for only three months
  • Each file is limited to 30MB
  • Some document types incur court fees

Who it suits

It suits eligible court practitioners, firms, corporate bodies, and self-represented litigants filing in the covered Federal Court proceedings. It does not allow interveners to lodge documents on a file.

Verdict

eLodgment provides no-fee electronic filing for specified Federal Court proceedings, with filing status history and reusable templates. Check the timing rule, file limits, and possible court fees before submitting.

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