eLodgment
eLodgment is a free web service for electronically filing documents in Federal Court of Australia and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia General F…
What eLodgment is
eLodgment is a free web service for electronically filing documents in Federal Court of Australia and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia General Federal Law proceedings. Practitioners, law firms, corporate bodies, and self-represented litigants can register. Users can lodge initiating and supporting documents, or file on an existing matter if they know its file number; third parties such as interveners cannot lodge documents on a file through the service. Registered users may submit documents any day or time, although filings received after 4:30pm are deemed filed the next business day. Lodgment History lets users monitor progress and retrieve processed documents for three months. Large-volume users can create reusable templates for standard information. Uploads may be .docx, .pdf, .rtf, .xls, .xlsx, or .jpg, with a 30MB limit per file; PDF Portfolios and PDFs with Attachments are not accepted. There is no service fee, but some filing types may incur court fees payable by card or an approved court account. eLodgment shares single sign-on with eCourtroom, where participants can file documents from a discussion and access accepted documents.
Good
- No fee to use the service
- Registered users can lodge any day or time
- Lodgment History tracks progress and retrieves processed documents
- Shares single sign-on with eCourtroom
Watch out
- Third parties such as interveners cannot lodge on a file
- Filings after 4:30pm count as filed next business day
- Retrieved documents remain available for three months
- Some document types may incur court fees
Who it suits
eLodgment is for eligible parties filing documents in the covered Australian federal court proceedings. It may also suit large-volume users who can reuse templates for standard information.
Verdict
eLodgment provides online filing and status tracking for the specified proceedings. Check document restrictions, timing rules, and whether your filing type carries a court fee.
Plans and prices
From eLodgment's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| eLodgment | Free | No fee to use the service · court fees may apply to particular document types |
The facts
Each one read from eLodgment's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 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.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Document access
- Users can monitor lodgment progress and retrieve processed documents from Lodgment History, but documents remain accessible in eLodgment for three months.checked 7 Oct 2001
- 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.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Fees
- There is no fee to use eLodgment, although filing particular document types may incur court fees payable by card or account.checked 7 Oct 2001
- 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.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Filing capabilities
- Users can lodge initiating and supporting documents and file documents on existing matters when they know the file number.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Integration
- eLodgment and eCourtroom share single sign-on, and participants can file documents from an eCourtroom discussion and access accepted documents there.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Payment options
- Users can pay applicable fees by credit card or, if approved, use a court account invoiced monthly.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- eLodgment is a web-based service for electronically filing documents in Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court General Federal Law proceedings.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Registration
- First-time users must register, and approval may take up to one business day.checked 7 Oct 2001
- 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.checked 7 Oct 2001
- 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.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Templates
- Large-volume users can create customisable templates that save standard data for reuse in future lodgments.checked 7 Oct 2001
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