After court

If you started a case in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia the case will end when:

• you reach an agreement with your employer
• you discontinue (end) the case, or 
• the Court makes a decision after a hearing.

After your case has ended, you should consider the following:

Enforcing agreements

If you settled the case with your employer, they may have agreed to pay you some or all of what you were entitled to. If your employer does not do what they agreed, it is possible to enforce the agreement.

For more information, see Enforcing an agreement.

Enforcing orders

If your employer doesn't follow an order made by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, it is possible to have it enforced.

For more information, see Enforcing a judgment.

Appeals

An appeal is an application to a higher court asking that the decision of a lower court be changed or cancelled.

You may be able to appeal if you think the Court made a mistake about the law (called an 'error of law'), but not about what happened (called an 'error of fact').

You can't appeal just because you disagree with the decision.

Appealing a decision can be complicated. If you lose, the Court may order you to pay the other side's legal costs in the appeal case. Before you appeal, you should get legal advice.

You must appeal within 21 days of the decision of the Court.

If you are out of time, you may still be able to appeal. However, you will need to ask for an extension of time and explain why you did not file your appeal within the time limit.

If you are outside the time to appeal, you should get legal advice before appealing. If you brought your case in a different court, there may be a different time limit to appeal the decision.