---
title: "Originating application (Federal Court Form 15): completion guide and accompanying-document rule"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/form-fca-originating-application"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a5-form-fca-originating-application"
area_id: "A5"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A5-T1-R2", "A5-V20260923-2", "A5-B8-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Originating application (Federal Court Form 15): completion guide and accompanying-document rule

> Link to the Federal Court's Form 15 with a guide to what r 8.01 requires, the statement of claim or affidavit that must accompany it under r 8.05, the migration certificate, the filing fee, and AI disclosure.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/form-fca-originating-application  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at fedcourt.gov.au and the 4 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when starting a proceeding in the original jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Australia, unless a special form applies (for example judicial review, Fair Work, arbitration or representative proceedings, which have their own originating application forms).

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft pleadings from the facts-and-issues brief](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/draft-pleadings-from-the-facts-and-issues-brief.md)
- [Check procedural citations against the court rules](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/check-procedural-citations-against-the-court-rules.md)
- [Prepare an AI-use disclosure statement for a Federal Court filing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution.md#A5-B8-1)

## How AI may be used

AI may help draft the relief claimed from the lawyer's case theory and check the application against the rules; the lawyer settles every order sought and every allegation and checks each instance before filing.

**AI may:**

- Check that the application includes the applicant's name, address and address for service, and any representative capacity (r 8.01(2))
- Draft the list of relief sought from the lawyer's case outline, for the lawyer to settle
- Check whether a special originating application form applies to the cause of action and flag it
- Check that the accompanying statement of claim or affidavit is filed with it (r 8.05)

**AI must not:**

- Must not choose the cause of action, the parties or the relief
- Must not draft the accompanying affidavit (sworn evidence)
- Must not sign the migration certificate under r 8.04

**The lawyer checks:**

- Correct form: Form 15, or the special originating application the Rules require
- Damages claimed: accompanied by a statement of claim (Form 17) unless a practice note requires or permits another document
- No damages: accompanied by a statement of claim or an affidavit stating the material facts for fair notice
- Every authority and legislative reference checked against the source, and any AI disclosure the Court requires made
- Filing fee paid at the correct rate (corporation or other)

## Authorities

- [Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 8.01 (starting a proceeding; Form 15), r 8.04 (migration certificate), r 8.05 (accompanying document)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2011L01551/latest/text)
- [Federal Court of Australia, Federal Court Rules forms (Form 15 and the special originating application forms)](https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/forms-and-fees/forms/federal-court-rules)
- [Federal Court of Australia, fees (item 101, filing a document commencing a proceeding)](https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/forms-and-fees/court-fees/fees)
- [Federal Court of Australia, Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Practice Note (GPN-AI)](https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/law-and-practice/practice-documents/practice-notes/gpn-ai)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/forms-and-fees/forms/federal-court-rules)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by fedcourt.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/form-fca-originating-application and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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