Subpoena Template and Schedule Builder

Turn proceeding details into an editable subpoena preparation draft and bounded document schedule.

Prepare subpoena particulars

Court and proceeding

Court

Family law uses its own approved form.

Subpoena purpose

Registry

Proceeding number

Parties

Issuing party

Recipient and records

Recipient

Recipient address

Records custodian

Accounts or entities

One identifier per line. Keep each within the recipient’s custody.

Period starts

Period ends

Document categories

Describe the documents held, with the limits you need.

Issue requiring records

Return and service particulars

Return date

Return time

Include the applicable time zone.

Court return location

Last service date

Conduct money and service

Record the amount, method and arrangements you establish.

Your draft

6 particulars require completion. Required form: Form 43B.

Editable preparation draft

SUBPOENA PREPARATION DRAFT
Preparation particulars and schedule only. Transfer reviewed particulars to the prescribed court form.

Court: Federal Court of Australia
Required form: Form 43B
Purpose: Production of documents
Registry: New South Wales Registry
Proceeding number: NSD 123 of 2025 (fictional)
Parties: Example Trading Pty Ltd v Example Services Pty Ltd (fictional)
Issuing party: Example Trading Pty Ltd (fictional)

Recipient: EXAMPLE BANK LIMITED (fictional)
Recipient address: Completion required: Recipient address
Records custodian: Records held by the business banking records team

DOCUMENT SCHEDULE
Identified accounts or entities:
Business account ending 4821, Example Trading Pty Ltd
Savings account ending 7310, Example Trading Pty Ltd
Relevant period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31
Document categories:
Monthly statements for the identified accounts.

ISSUE FOR PRACTITIONER REVIEW
Whether the identified accounts received the disputed contract payments during the specified period.

RETURN AND SERVICE PARTICULARS
Return date: Completion required: Return date
Return time: Completion required: Return time
Court return location: Completion required: Court return location
Last service date: Completion required: Last service date
Conduct money and service plan: Completion required: Conduct money and service plan

OFFICIAL-FORM CHECKLIST
1. Use the court’s prescribed form: Form 43B. This preparation draft cannot be filed or served as a subpoena.
2. Confirm leave to issue under rule 24.01 and any conditions in the proceeding.
3. Complete the official form, filing requirements and court authentication before service.
4. Confirm the last service date, service method, required copies and any interstate service requirements.
5. Resolve conduct money, witness expenses and reasonable production costs for this request.
6. Confirm the return date, time and court production or attendance location. Use a practitioner’s office only if the court authorises it.
7. Review each document category against the identified issue for legitimate forensic purpose and oppressive scope.
8. Review privilege, confidentiality and any protected-confidence restrictions. Resolve objections and inspection permissions separately from production.

PARTICULARS REQUIRING COMPLETION
Recipient address
Return date
Return time
Court return location
Last service date
Conduct money and service plan

Changing a particular replaces manual edits. Download them first.

Preparation only. Complete the prescribed court form.

Official form and unresolved particulars

Federal Court of Australia. Production of documents.

Required form: Form 43B. Open court form page

Particulars requiring completion

Recipient address
Return date
Return time
Court return location
Last service date
Conduct money and service plan

Official-form checks

Use the court’s prescribed form: Form 43B. This preparation draft cannot be filed or served as a subpoena.
Confirm leave to issue under rule 24.01 and any conditions in the proceeding.
Complete the official form, filing requirements and court authentication before service.
Confirm the last service date, service method, required copies and any interstate service requirements.
Resolve conduct money, witness expenses and reasonable production costs for this request.
Confirm the return date, time and court production or attendance location. Use a practitioner’s office only if the court authorises it.
Review each document category against the identified issue for legitimate forensic purpose and oppressive scope.
Review privilege, confidentiality and any protected-confidence restrictions. Resolve objections and inspection permissions separately from production.

Your particulars stay in this tab. Reloading clears changes. Download your draft before leaving.

Select the Court and Required Form

This subpoena template assembles preparation particulars and an editable document schedule. Transfer the reviewed text into the court’s prescribed form before seeking issue.

Select the proceeding’s court and the purpose of the subpoena. The draft records production, attendance or both and shows the associated form checks.

The Federal Court uses Form 43A for evidence, Form 43B for documents and Form 43C for both. Use the Federal Court’s prescribed forms and review Part 24 of the Federal Court Rules for leave and issue.

Family law proceedings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court use the Subpoena - Family Law form. Its form and leave requirements differ from general federal law proceedings.

For another court, enter its name and identify its prescribed form. That choice keeps the preparation text editable without applying either federal form mapping.

Build a Bounded Document Schedule

Name one recipient and identify the records within that recipient’s custody. List the accounts or entities, then set the period and describe each document category.

The fictional bank example requests monthly statements for two identified accounts over one quarter. It leaves the recipient address and return arrangements for completion.

The schedule preserves the categories and limits you enter. Adding an account does not add other accounts or document categories automatically.

Explain the issue the records can help resolve. For a disputed payment, connect the requested statement period to the alleged payment dates and the accounts identified in the evidence.

Review each category for legitimate forensic purpose and oppressive scope. Replace broad requests for every financial record with identifiable documents tied to the issue.

The bank-record subpoena guide explains the wider process for obtaining and inspecting financial records.

Export and Review Before Issue

Edit the generated text directly, then copy it or download an editable text file. The export preserves your manual edits and includes the unresolved particulars and official-form checklist.

Changing an input rebuilds the draft and replaces manual edits. Download the edited version before changing particulars or leaving the page.

Blank particulars are marked for completion. An invalid entered date or reversed record period withholds the draft until corrected.

Complete filing, leave and issue requirements on the official form. Establish the service deadline, service method and conduct money for the actual proceeding.

Enter the court’s return arrangements. A document schedule does not authorise direct delivery to the issuing solicitor or permission to inspect produced records.

The Family Court’s subpoena guidance explains conduct money and objections, including privilege and protected confidences. Resolve those matters before relying on produced records.

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