Guide to completing the registration form

 

1. Check the information you will need to complete the registration form.

• Representing yourself
• Legal professionals
• Business
• Government

2. Click on the Register now button on the Online Registry homepage
3. Enter your email address and other contact details.
   Ensure your name exactly matches the one on your identification source (ID)
4. Select the relevant user type option;
   • If you are the lead person on any case in which you are representing a client, select ‘solicitor on the record’, or ‘barrister’.
   • If you are an employee in a legal firm, select ‘I will be managing or accessing cases on behalf of a solicitor or barrister (e.g. paralegal/employee at a law firm)’.
   • If you are from a large business or from a Government organisation that manages debt collections in-house (i.e, a legal professional is not appointed to perform this function for your company/organisation) there are two role types you can choose;
     • I am a director/authorised officer of a company (e.g. Pty Ltd) or Authorised officer of a Local, State or Commonwealth government agency, or
     • I am an employee managing or accessing cases on behalf of a director of a company or an authorised officer of a Local, State or Commonwealth government agency.
   • If you are representing yourself select ‘I am an individual representing myself or I am an owner or partner in a business (e.g. sole trader or partner in a partnership)’

Please email Online Registry support if you are unsure of which role type to select: [email protected]

5. Create a password
6. Select or create two secret questions with answers
7. Read the terms and conditions and select I agree to the NSW Online Registry terms and conditions checkbox
8. Click Next
9. The Enter your verification code screen displays. An email containing your verification code will be sent to your nominated email address. Enter the verification code then click Submit.
10. The same email will contain your user name. Click on the link in the email and you will be taken to a log in screen
11. Log in with your user name and password
12. Enter the details of one or two identification sources (detailed in the steps to register for your user type).  
    • If your identity cannot be verified, you will not be able to use secure services. You can still use court services by visiting a court registry or filing forms by post.
    • If you are a solicitor or barrister from a state other than NSW, email, fax or post a copy of your Practising Certificate to us. We will contact you when we have completed our checks and you will then be able to use secure services.
13. After passing identity checks:
    • If you selected the user type solicitor, barrister, or representing yourself your registration is complete and you can access secure services.
    • If you indicated that you will be managing or accessing cases on behalf of another Online Registry user, you will need to be added as a delegate by a solicitor, barrister or authorised officer.
    • If you indicated that you are an authorised officer, you cannot access case details or file forms until you are associated to an eOrganisation. If someone else in your organisation has already created an eOrganisation, ask them to associate you to the eOrganisation. You will need to provide them with your user name and email address. See the eOrganisation Quick Reference Guide for more details.
    • If your organisation does not already have an eOrganisation you can register for one by selecting the Register eOrganisation tab on the Manage profile screen. You will need to provide the requested information and then submit the details to the Online Registry for review. Your eOrganisation will be created once your registration has been approved.