---
title: "Queensland responsible person on written submissions"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/qld-submission-responsible-person"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a5-qld-submission-responsible-person"
area_id: "A5"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A5-V20260923-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Queensland responsible person on written submissions

> The named responsible person, and the accuracy check, in Supreme Court Practice Direction 5 of 2025 and District Court Practice Direction 12 of 2025. Naming the person is how the Court is told the check was done.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/qld-submission-responsible-person  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Queensland
- AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 3 authorities it cites, for Australia and Queensland.

## When to use it

Use when written submissions are filed in the Supreme Court of Queensland or the District Court of Queensland, or when oral submissions are made on those written submissions. Expert-report annexures under Supreme Court Practice Direction 14 of 2024 are a different instrument.

## Used for these tasks

- [Check a court document against the AI practice note before filing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/check-a-court-document-against-the-ai-practice-note-before-filing.md)

## How AI may be used

The responsible person is named on the document that is filed, and that naming tells the Court the accuracy obligation was performed. The lawyer does the check and the naming. AI may list the sources for the lawyer to open.

**AI may:**

- Place a blank at the end of the submissions for the responsible person's name
- List each citation so the lawyer can open the source
- Note whether the hearing will include oral submissions, so the District Court paragraph 7 question is asked

**AI must not:**

- Must not name a firm instead of the individual practitioner
- Must not generate the submissions
- Must not mark a citation as accurate without the lawyer opening it
- Must not treat the Supreme Court and District Court directions as identical on paragraph 7. The Supreme Court scrape jumps from paragraph 6 to paragraph 8

**The lawyer checks:**

- The named person has verified the accuracy and relevance of references to legislation, authorities and other sources
- The expression reflects that person's professional judgment
- For the District Court, the person who speaks to the written submissions is identified, because paragraph 7 makes that person a responsible person for the written submissions as well
- The signed Supreme Court PDF is checked for a paragraph 7 before the District Court paragraph is copied across

## Authorities

- [Supreme Court of Queensland, Practice Direction Number 5 of 2025, Accuracy of references in submissions, Chief Justice H Bowskill, 24 September 2025](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/889148/sc-pd-5-pf-2025.pdf)
- [District Court of Queensland, Practice Direction Number 12 of 2025, Accuracy of references in submissions, Chief Judge Brian Devereaux SC, 25 September 2025](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/889682/dcpd-12-of-2025.pdf)
- [Supreme Court of Queensland, Amended Practice Direction 14 of 2024, Expert evidence in criminal proceedings (other than sentences), reissued 10 September 2025, paragraph 16(l)](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/867479/scpd-14-of-2024.pdf)

## 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/qld-submission-responsible-person 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.*