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title: "Originating application (Queensland UCPR Form 5)"
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# Originating application (Queensland UCPR Form 5)

> Link to Queensland Uniform Civil Procedure Rules Form 5, the originating application used to start a civil case where a particular order is sought.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/form-qld-ucpr-5-originating-application  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## 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: Queensland
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at courts.qld.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Queensland.

## When to use it

Use when starting a Queensland civil case by originating application in the Supreme Court, District Court or Magistrates Court, rather than by claim and statement of claim. The Courts' applications page distinguishes it from Form 9.

## Used for these tasks

- [Check procedural citations against the court rules](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/check-procedural-citations-against-the-court-rules.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may check the draft against the current official form and list what is missing; the lawyer settles every statement that will be filed and signs or lodges the form.

**AI may:**

- Check the draft is the current version of the form and list every blank field or missing attachment
- Index the documents on the file that the form calls for, with date and author
- Turn the court's published filing and service steps into a checklist for this matter

**AI must not:**

- Must not write allegations, grounds, orders or figures in words that will be filed
- Must not decide jurisdiction, standing or whether a time limit has been met
- Must not sign, lodge or serve the form
- Must not draft the supporting affidavit. Sworn evidence is for the lawyer and the deponent

**The lawyer checks:**

- Form 5 is right because the case is being started for a particular order, not continued in an existing proceeding (that is Form 9)
- A filing fee is paid where the page says an originating application attracts one
- The application is served personally. The page says any adult can serve it
- If the respondent is a company, service is at the registered office by post, or personal service on a director, as the page states
- Any supporting affidavit is prepared as sworn evidence. This guide does not draft it

## Authorities

- [Queensland Courts, Applications to court (Form 5 and Form 9)](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/types-of-cases/money-disputes/applications-to-court)
- [Queensland Courts, UCPR Form 5 originating application](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0003/850440/ucpr-f-5-070614.doc)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/types-of-cases/money-disputes/applications-to-court)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by courts.qld.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## 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-qld-ucpr-5-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.*