How do I lodge the Originating application (Rule 8.01); 8.04(1) (Form 15) (Form 15)?

1. Pull the latest Originating application (Rule 8.01); 8.04(1) (Form 15) into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine. 2. Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill. 3. URL-pattern probe

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Originating application (Rule 8.01); 8.04(1) (Form 15)

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Court form Form 15 Federal Court of AustraliaFederal Court Rules 2011

vceb6872a Updated 6 July 2026

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1
Assemble the form
Pull the latest Originating application (Rule 8.01); 8.04(1) (Form 15) into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine.
2
Review and check
Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill.
3
Lodge the form
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Lodgement notesURL-pattern probe

This form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary, so your practice management system fills it from your matter data - on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

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Originating application (Rule 8.01); 8.04(1) (Form 15)

Originating application (Rule 8.01); 8.04(1) (Form 15)

How to lodge - See instructions

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