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".
Federal Magistrates wear a robe in court without a wig. Practitioners are not expected to be robed in court. The
exception is for ceremonial sittings where practitioners who have been invited to present an address at the ceremony wear a robe (but no wig) if it is the usual practice to robe in the Supreme Court of
the state or territory in which the ceremony is to be held.
In correspondence, it is appropriate to refer to "Dear Federal Magistrate X"
or "Dear Chief Federal Magistrate" but not "Your Honour". |
