---
title: "Check every citation an AI tool gives you"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/knowledge-management/know-how/check-ai-citations"
type: "know_how_note"
site: "AI Law Framework"
kind: "Citation check"
checked: "2026-10-10"
---

# Check every citation an AI tool gives you

> Take each citation out of the draft, open the primary source, and remove anything you cannot find.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/knowledge-management/know-how/check-ai-citations  
Checked: 2026-10-10

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

This is general information about using AI in legal work in Australia. It is not legal advice, and it is not a decision on your matter, your client or your court.

## Steps

1. **List them.** Take each case, statute and article out of the draft and list it. Do this before you edit the prose around it.
2. **Open the primary source.** Open the judgment, the authorised report, or the legislation register. A second summary is not the source.
3. **Match the pinpoint.** Confirm the name, the year, the citation and the page or paragraph. A real case with the wrong pinpoint is still wrong.
4. **Read the passage.** Read the passage the draft relies on. A real case that says the opposite is a worse error than a citation you cannot find.
5. **Check that it is still good law.** Check later treatment to the standard you would use without an AI tool. If you cannot find the source, take the citation out.

## Sources

- [Federal Court of Australia Practice Note GPN-AI](https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/law-and-practice/practice-documents/practice-notes/gpn-ai) (Federal Court of Australia)
- [Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note SC Gen 25](https://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/areas/legal-resources/practice-notes/sc-gen-25-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence-by-court-users) (Supreme Court of Victoria)
- [Law Society of New South Wales: court protocols on AI](https://www.lawsociety.com.au/AI-hub/court-protocols-ai) (Law Society of New South Wales)
- [AI hallucination cases recorded on this site](https://ailawframework.com/ai-hallucination-cases) (AI Law Framework)

## Questions

**Is this legal advice?**

No. These notes are general information about using AI in legal work in Australia. They are not advice on a matter, a client or a court.

**Who can read a note I save?**

Only the account that saved it. A note on this public page is different: anyone can read it. Your own notes are not published.

**What should I leave out of a saved note?**

Leave out a client’s name, a file number and other personal information unless you mean to store it on this account.