When did SC Gen 25 commence?
14 May 2026. It applies to all court users in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Supreme Court of Victoria
SC Gen 25: Victoria AI practice note
Court users may use AI in court documents if they comply with the note. Compliance includes meaningful human verification. One AI tool cannot be used to confirm another.
The person who files the document owns the content whether or not a tool was used. The note warns of referral to the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner, and of personal costs orders, if unverified output is relied on.
Court users should not enter confidential or sensitive information, including material under a suppression or non-publication order, into a public AI tool. A closed tool still has to be checked against its terms. Affidavit material must reflect the person’s own knowledge and words. Expert reports must comply with the applicable code or practice note.
The note also reminds civil users of the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic), including the proper-basis certificate. Generated content may be out of date, incomplete, inaccurate, or drawn from the wrong jurisdiction.
14 May 2026
SC Gen 25 commenced on 14 May 2026 and applies to all court users in the Supreme Court of Victoria, including lawyers, parties and witnesses.
Practice Note SC Gen 25, The use of Artificial Intelligence by Court users
Disclosure checklist
Work through this against the instrument, not instead of it. The checks do not record that the filing is done.
- Open SC Gen 25 before a Supreme Court document is filed.
- Fact-check, proofread and adapt any generated content. Verify authorities in AustLII, an official legislation site or the Law Library of Victoria.
- Do not ask an AI tool to confirm another AI tool’s citations.
- Keep confidential and suppressed material out of public tools, and check a closed tool’s terms before you treat it as safe.
- Be able to identify which parts of a court document were produced with AI and how they were verified.
- Keep affidavit material in the person’s own words.
Sources
Every Australian court page
Each court has its own note. Open the one named on the file.
- AI practice note: Federal Court of Australia
- FCFCOA AI practice direction
- Fair Work Commission AI guidance note
- Administrative Review Tribunal generative AI practice direction
- SC Gen 23: generative AI in the NSW Supreme Court
- NSW Local Court generative AI practice note
- NSW District Court generative AI note
- NSW Land and Environment Court generative AI note
- NCAT generative AI directions
- Personal Injury Commission generative AI note
- SC Gen 25: Victoria AI practice note
- County Court of Victoria AI guidelines
- VCAT and generative AI
- Queensland courts AI practice direction
- Queensland District Court AI accuracy direction
- QCAT AI accuracy direction
- Queensland Planning and Environment Court and Land Court AI directions
- WA Supreme Court generative AI guidelines
- South Australia courts generative AI guidelines
- SAET generative AI guidelines
- Tasmania court AI practice notes
- ACT court AI practice notes
- Northern Territory court AI practice notes
- High Court of Australia and generative AI
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Questions
Can another AI tool verify the citations?
No. The note requires meaningful human verification. One AI tool cannot be used to confirm another.
Does SC Gen 25 apply in the County Court or VCAT?
No. Those are different forums. The County Court has published its own litigant guidelines. Check VCAT’s current direction rather than assuming this note applies.