High Court Family Law sittings will take place during the Long Vacation in 2026 as has occurred in 2024 and 2025. The sitting dates will be the following:
- Lists on 1 and 2 September 2026 - hearings (including the HLC list (Hague Luxembourg Convention) and urgent matters and case management for Michaelmas (or other) hearings)
- List on 3 September 2026 - Surrogacy
- Lists on 21, 22 and 23 September 2026 - hearings
- Week of 28 September 2026 (excluding Friday 2 October) – hearings
- Sittings in the Special Care list will take place on the Tuesday 18 August 2026 from 10:00am and Tuesday 15 September 2026 from 10:00am.
Applications for cases to be listed during these dates may be made in the list to fix dates to be held on the 20 April 2026 and remaining spaces will be filled in the list to fix dates to be held on the 15 June 2026.
