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The Annual Faith Service for the Legal Profession and the Judiciary will take place on Thursday, 23 April 2026, at St Andrew’s Uniting Church, 299 Ann Street, Brisbane City.

Event details: https://t.co/OytCLzDasb

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Queensland Courts have published a new edition of the Equal Treatment Benchbook which provides practical, contemporary guidance for judicial officers to support procedural fairness and equality of treatment for all court participants: https://t.co/uyFz8Eq9Ck

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#Cairns practitioners & stakeholders are invited to a workshop to mark the upcoming fifth anniversary of the Queensland #Intermediary Scheme (QIS) hosted by Judge Morzone KC & the QIS Program Team on 18 March in Cairns Courthouse.

Register now: https://t.co/XRYSvUTLig

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To mark the upcoming fifth anniversary of the Queensland #Intermediary Scheme, Chief Judge Devereaux SC and the Program Team will deliver a practitioner information session on 10 February in #Brisbane.

Event details: https://t.co/EvsUybMNw8

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Applications are now open for the positions of Judge's Associates in 2027. Applications close on Friday 30 January 2026 at 5.00pm.

Read more: https://t.co/7YhrgKI3t8

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A public valedictory ceremony will be held for Judge Everson on Monday 8 December 2025 in the QEII Courts of Law, Brisbane.

Event details: https://t.co/9VpOkImTYf

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The Chief Judge has issued a practice direction which facilitates the process for a person who is not a party to a proceeding (a non-party) to apply to the court for an order permitting inspection of documents filed in a civil proceeding: https://t.co/o9t3hjFf1L

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From 10 to 28 November two District Court judges are trading places.

Chief Judge Devereaux SC has welcomed the WA’s Judge Troy whilst QLD’s Judge Burnett AM is sitting in WA.

Read more about our first judicial exchange program: https://t.co/oaAGW2d1Fn

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On 24 October a combined ceremonial sitting of the Supreme and District Courts will celebrate 50 years since the #Townsville Courts of Law building was opened.

All are welcome to attend or watch the livestream: https://t.co/hOM60DwDXs

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The Chief Judge has issued practice directions about the accuracy of references in submissions for legal practitioners and self-represented litigants in the District Court https://t.co/01ImUvBG5T and the Planning and Environment Court https://t.co/GfQ9U3mHrU

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The Chief Judge has issued amended practice directions regarding electronic devices in courtrooms and hearings in the District Court https://t.co/hwjQ2r12KZ the Planning and Environment Court https://t.co/HgiR4GAuYO

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The Chief Judge has issued practice directions to designate each of the days from Monday 29 December 2025 to Friday 2 January 2026 inclusive, as court holidays in the District Court https://t.co/rCZJIpcary the Planning and Environment Court https://t.co/HgiR4GB2Om

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Queensland courts and tribunals have prepared detailed information about #GenerativeAI to assist judicial officers and non-lawyers: https://t.co/9vQqa8Empq

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In recognition that October is #SexualViolence Awareness Month, the District Court will conduct legal practitioner information sessions in #Brisbane and #Townsville about its case management and expert evidence panel pilots: https://t.co/l1rwgOWOSI

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Regulated court fees, as at 1 July 2025:
✅ Offender levy: Supreme and District Courts $428.00
✅ 3.4% increase in fees and allowances, in line with the Government indexation policy allowances
https://t.co/8BWHX3v8Xx

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Non-regulated court fees, as at 1 July 2025:
✅ penalty unit value – $166.90 https://t.co/3aQRbWjvDj
✅ courtroom and videoconferencing hire fees https://t.co/vpkdwL3FQd
✅ professional costs claimable under the UCPR: Supreme and District Courts https://t.co/umS7LUB3ql

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The Sexual Offence Expert Evidence Panel is being piloted in #Brisbane & #Townsville to allow experts to give relevant evidence in #sexualviolence proceedings.

Applications to be appointed as a Stream 2 expert close at 2.00pm on 16 July: https://t.co/9v7pXadAKS
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The Chief Judge has released a practice direction for the administration of the District Court Commercial List: https://t.co/OSRdAQsnoz

PD 11 of 2020, PD 13 of 2022 and PD 6 of 2023 are repealed.

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The Chief Judge has issued practice directions about the citation of authority in all proceedings of the District Court https://t.co/kTA4qT32bz and the Planning and Environment Court https://t.co/21TNVfU5aH from 26 May 2025.

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The Annual Faith Service for the legal profession and the judiciary will take place on Wednesday 30 April 2025, at St John’s Anglican Cathedral, 373 Ann Street, Brisbane City.

Event details: https://t.co/NZ76uqbkRX

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