Does Quillio cover Federal Court decisions?
Yes. I cover Federal Court of Australia decisions from 1977 to present, including Full Court appeals, specialist panels (native title, intellectual property, competition), and general division matters. I can search by citation, party, topic, or legislation referenced. Coverage updates daily from AustLII and the Federal Court's own judgment database.
What coverage includes
Every reported and unreported Federal Court judgment since 1977, plus Full Court of the Federal Court appeals. I index cases by jurisdiction (original, appellate), topic (administrative law, bankruptcy, corporations, migration, native title, tax, intellectual property, competition), and legislation cited. Each result links to the AustLII source.
How I search
You can ask in natural language ("recent Federal Court cases on section 588FF Corporations Act") or by structured query. I return a ranked list of cases with a one-paragraph summary, the orders, and whether the decision has been followed or distinguished since.
Appeal tracking
When a decision has been appealed to the Full Court or the High Court, I flag this and link to the appellate decision. I do not silently present a reversed judgment as current law.
Step-by-step
- Open legal research. Select "Legal research" from the workflows and choose Federal Court.
- Frame the question. Ask in natural language or provide a citation / party name.
- Review the ranked results. I return cases ranked by relevance with summaries, orders, and subsequent history.
- Save cases to matter. Save relevant cases to your matter for later research or pleading drafting.
Common issues
- Very recent decisions (within 24 hours) may not yet be indexed — I flag this if so
- Unreported judgments sometimes lack proper medium-neutral citations — I use the court's file number
- Cases behind paywalls (for example, CCH) are cited but I cannot reproduce the text without a licence
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