Ordering Court Transcripts
A person who is a party to a court proceeding, or a legal representative of a party to a court proceeding, is able to order an audio recording or written transcript of those proceedings using the Transcript order form.
A person who is not a party to a proceeding, for example, members of the public, witnesses or victims, may also apply for an audio recording or written transcript, however, they must first obtain:
- evidence of leave granted by the Court to obtain a transcript; or
- approval from the Registrar of the Court to obtain a transcript.
Requests for approval from the Registrar to obtain a transcript must be submitted to the Registrar of the appropriate court along with the reason for their request.
Transcript order form
Download (PDF 506KB)Transcripts and the ACT Courts and Tribunal
Transcription services are not provided by ACT Courts and Tribunal. Court recording and transcription services are provided by Epiq and orders for transcripts must be sent directly to the email address at the top of the order form. Any questions about ordering transcripts must go to Epiq at that email address or by calling the phone number on the form.
Family and Personal Violence Transcripts
Transcripts of court proceedings in family violence or personal violence matters are reviewed by the Court prior to release. As such the Court is not able to guarantee the facilitation of same day or next day requests for transcript in family violence or personal violence proceedings.
Transcript Fees
Please contact Epiq directly if you have any questions about transcription services and fees.
Extra charges may apply for retrieving historical data prior to 2018; you will be told in advance if any extra charges will apply to your order.
Current Transcript Fee
If more than one party orders the same transcript with the same turnaround time (e.g. same day, next day etc.) and the orders are placed with EPIQ within 7 days of each other, EPIQ will share the transcript costs between those ordering. This includes orders placed by the court.
If parties agree to order the same transcript with the same turnaround time, and orders are placed with EPIQ within 7 days of each other, parties should alert EPIQ to the cost sharing request in their cover email to EPIQ.
If parties have not discussed or come to an agreement about ordering transcripts, they may choose to copy the other parties in their email request, to make them aware that they have a 7 day window in which to place an order and split costs.
Fee Waivers and Exemptions
If you believe that transcript order fees may cause you hardship, you may apply to have the fee waived.
A person seeking a waiver of fees for a written transcript or audio recording of an ACT court proceeding must, together with a transcript order form, complete and submit an Application for Fee Waiver for a Written Transcript or Audio Recording form.
Fees for written transcripts or audio recordings are not eligible for a fee exemption.