Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
Practice and Procedures
Court Etiquette
When in court, federal magistrates are to be referred to as "Your Honour" or "Chief Federal Magistrate"/"Federal Magistrate", but not "Your Worship".
Outside court, the alternatives are "Chief Federal Magistrate" or "Federal Magistrate", "Mr", "Ms" or "Sir" or "Madam" but not "Your Honour".
In correspondence, it is appropriate to refer to "Dear Federal Magistrate X" or "Dear Chief Federal Magistrate" but not "Your Honour".
In regards to correspondence, it is not appropriate for parties or practitioners to write directly to the Federal Magistrate. Any correspondence should be addressed to the Federal Magistrate’s Associate.
Federal Magistrates wear a robe in court without a wig.
The following robing requirements for counsel apply in all jurisdictions from 6 September 2010:
- Barristers will robe in final hearings for all judgments, trials and contested hearings in which oral evidence is to be adduced. Barristers will robe wherever the Court is sitting (including all circuit locations).
- Barristers will robe for ceremonial sittings.
- Wigs, full-bottomed or otherwise, are not worn on any occasion.
For further information please see Practice Direction No 1 of 2010 "Robing of Counsel in the Federal Magistrates Court
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