---
title: "Verify every authority in submissions before filing"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/verify-every-authority-in-submissions-before-filing"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A5-B8-2"
practice_area: "Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution"
tier: "green"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["AU"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Verify every authority in submissions before filing

> Run a citation check against AustLII/JADE.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/verify-every-authority-in-submissions-before-filing  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution.md) |
| Human involvement | Green: AI drafts, lawyer checks |
| How AI is used | Run a citation check against AustLII/JADE. |
| What the lawyer must review | Lawyer signs off; see the AI hallucination cases. |
| Written for / versions | 1 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Lawyer review required**

Verify every authority in submissions before filing

- What the AI does: Run a citation check against AustLII/JADE.
- What the lawyer does: Lawyer signs off; see the AI hallucination cases.
- Basis: Area-specific AU source in links
- Written for: AU
- Source basis: Area-specific AU source in links

## Sources

- [Federal Court GPN-AI](https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/law-and-practice/practice-documents/practice-notes/gpn-ai) (checked 2026-10-10)
- [Legg et al, GenAI in litigation (2025) UNSWLJ](https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/journals/UNSWLawJl/2025/40.html) (checked 2026-10-10)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Generative-AI filing certification worksheet](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-generative-ai-filing-certification.md) | Checklist | Red | Worksheet for the lawyer who must certify a federal filing under Rule 11 and under the assigned judge's standing order on generative AI. The lawyer writes the certificate that is filed. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [United States](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/verify-every-authority-in-submissions-before-filing/united-states.md) | Red |

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*