Practice Direction: Use of Artificial Intelligence (PD-AI)

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

last revised 2026-05-01last verified 2026-09-031 versioncountry page →

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A practice direction issued by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia in May 2026 as a companion to the Federal Court's GPN-AI. It sets expectations for lawyers and self-represented litigants using generative AI in family law and general federal law matters, including verification of AI-assisted content and readiness to explain AI use to the court on request.

Applies to: lawyers, litigants, parties
Effective: 01 May 2026
Current version: v1 (May 2026) · 01 May 2026
Last verified: 03 Sept 2026
Official text: www.fcfcoa.gov.au/pd/pd-ai

What the document requires

Practitioners and parties are responsible for verifying AI-assisted documents before filing.
The court may ask how generative AI was used in preparing a document.
Companion to Federal Court of Australia practice note GPN-AI.

Version history

Version	Date	What changed	Source
v1 (May 2026)current	2026-05-01	First version recorded.	official

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Sources

Cite this record

SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Practice Direction: Use of Artificial Intelligence (PD-AI)" (Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, v1 (May 2026), 2026-05-01), safelegalai.com/regulation/australia/au-fcfcoa-pd-ai (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.