---
title: "Queensland Supreme Court and District Court: check references in a submission"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/qld-submission-reference-check"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a20-qld-submission-reference-check"
area_id: "A20"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A20-B14-2"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Queensland Supreme Court and District Court: check references in a submission

> A check, before a submission is relied on, against the Queensland Supreme Court and District Court practice directions on accuracy of references. The named practitioner verifies each citation.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/qld-submission-reference-check  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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A check, before a submission is relied on, against the Queensland Supreme Court and District Court practice directions on accuracy of references. The named practitioner verifies each citation. A reference is not treated as real until that is done.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Criminal Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, 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 2 authorities it cites, for Australia and Queensland.

## When to use it

Use before written or oral submissions are relied on in the Supreme Court of Queensland or the District Court of Queensland. The lawyer, not the model, is the responsible person named on the document.

## Used for these tasks

- [Verify references in a Queensland Supreme Court or District Court submission](https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/verify-references-in-a-queensland-supreme-court-or-district-court-submis.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may extract citations from a draft into a list. It must not mark a citation as accurate. The practitioner named on the submission verifies every reference before it is relied on.

**AI may:**

- Extract each case, section and other source mentioned in the draft into a row
- Leave the verification column blank
- Flag a row that has no pinpoint and no source name

**AI must not:**

- Must not invent a case, a quote or a section to fill a gap
- Must not sign or place a practitioner's name on the submission
- Must not say that naming a firm is enough. Both directions say the individual practitioner must be named

**The lawyer checks:**

- Each citation is opened in the source and supports the proposition
- The responsible person is an individual legal practitioner, named at the end of a written submission
- The Supreme Court PDF is checked for paragraph 7. The scrape jumps from paragraph 6 to paragraph 8

## Authorities

- [Supreme Court of Queensland, Practice Direction 5 of 2025, Accuracy of references in submissions (Chief Justice 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 12 of 2025, Accuracy of references in submissions (Chief Judge Devereaux, 25 September 2025)](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/889682/dcpd-12-of-2025.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/criminal-law/qld-submission-reference-check 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.*