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General form (Form 81)

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Court form Form 81 Supreme Court of NSW District Court of NSW Local Court of NSWUniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

v47aa07cd Updated 6 July 2026

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1
Assemble the form
Pull the latest General form (Form 81) 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
Number-matched from official index; verified at download time.

Lodgement notesNumber-matched from official index; verified at download time.

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.

View the official form on the New South Wales Courts website

General form (Form 81)

General form (Form 81)

How to lodge - See instructions

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