---
title: "Search the firm's records against Queensland conduct rules before the injury file opens"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/search-conflicts-before-an-injury-file-is-opened/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-IN20261023-1-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Search the firm's records against Queensland conduct rules before the injury file opens

> From the names the lawyer supplies, search the firm's records and list possible matches against current and former clients.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/search-conflicts-before-an-injury-file-is-opened/queensland  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the names the lawyer supplies, search the firm's records and list possible matches against current and former clients. Do not decide whether a conflict exists, or whether consent or an information barrier is available. |
| What the lawyer must review | Read rules 10 and 11 before the file is opened Informed consent and any information barrier are the lawyer's decision Rule 11A does not replace rules 10 and 11 Confirm the Queensland text, including the 25 September 2026 amendments |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Search conflicts before an injury file is opened](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/search-conflicts-before-an-injury-file-is-opened.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The tool searches the firm's records. The lawyer applies the Queensland conduct rules and decides whether the firm may open the file.

- What the AI does: From the names the lawyer supplies, search the firm's records and list possible matches against current and former clients. Do not decide whether a conflict exists, or whether consent or an information barrier is available.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides whether a conflict exists and whether the firm may act.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Rule 10.2: if the firm holds confidential information of a former client that might reasonably be concluded to be material to this matter and detrimental to the former client if disclosed, the firm must not act unless the former client has given informed consent to the disclosure and use, or an effective information barrier has been established.
2. Rules 11.2 to 11.4: the firm must not act for two or more clients in the same or related matters where the interests are adverse and there is a conflict or a potential conflict, except where each client is aware and has given informed consent. Where one client's confidential information meets the material and detrimental test, that consent must permit the disclosure and use, or an effective information barrier is required.
3. Rule 11.5: if an actual conflict arises during the matter, the solicitor may continue for one client, or for clients between whom there is no conflict, only if the client for whom the solicitor ceases to act has given informed consent and the duty of confidentiality is not put at risk.
4. Rule 11A is about short-term legal assistance where screening is not reasonably practicable. It does not replace rules 10 and 11. The tool does not decide that screening was impracticable.

## Notes

- The Queensland Law Society page says the Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2023 came into force in Queensland on 27 September 2024 and were amended again on 25 September 2026. The tracked changes were not read rule by rule. The lawyer reads the current Queensland instrument.
- The same page says Queensland kept the 2012 wording for rules 23.2, 29.7 and 29.12.5 and for the definitions of Principal and Serious Criminal Offence, and slightly modified rule 11A. Those points are not the conflict test used here.
- The relations page as scraped doubled the words 'an effective' in one sentence. The checkpoint uses a single effective information barrier.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Queensland, before a plaintiff personal injury file is opened

**Deliverable**: A list of possible name matches from the firm's records, for the lawyer to test against rules 10 and 11.

**Inputs**

- The names the lawyer supplies
- The firm's current-client and former-client records

**Example**: Illustrative example: The search lists a former client with a similar name. The lawyer checks whether the firm holds confidential information that is material to this matter before the file is opened.

**Stop and escalate when**

- A match is a current client on a related matter.
- The list does not show whether confidential information is held.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Queensland Law Society: Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules](https://www.qls.com.au/practising-law-in-qld/ethics/australian-solicitors-conduct-rules) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Queensland Law Society: Relations with clients](https://www.qls.com.au/practising-law-in-qld/ethics/australian-solicitors-conduct-rules/relations-with-clients) (checked 2026-10-23)

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