Policy
Corrections and removals
Entries reproduce published court lists. A request can correct a transcription error, or ask that an entry be withheld from the register.
Making a request
Email contact@courtsaustralia.org with:
- the register ID of the entry, shown in the source block at the foot of each entry;
- whether you are asking for a correction or a removal;
- the grounds, and any document that supports them (for example a court outcome notice).
Requests are reviewed by a person, not automatically. Most receive a reply within five business days.
Corrections
Where an entry does not match the list the court published, it is corrected or withdrawn. Where the court's own list was later amended, the entry is updated to match the amended list on request.
Removals
Removal requests are considered individually. Grounds that ordinarily lead to removal include:
- the entry names a victim, witness or other non-party;
- the matter was dismissed, withdrawn or discontinued, and that is shown;
- a court has made a non-publication or suppression order covering the matter;
- the person named is, or was at the time, a child;
- a genuine safety risk arises from the entry.
A removed entry is withheld from every page and from search, and is not restored by later collections of the same list.
What is not removed
Entries that accurately reproduce a court's published list are not removed only because the person named would prefer they were not public. Courts publish their lists so that justice is administered openly; the register exists to preserve that record.