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Practice Note SC GEN 25: The Use of Artificial Intelligence by Court Users

Supreme Court of Victoria · Victoria

last revised 2026-05-14last verified 2026-09-031 versioncountry page →

Practice direction / noteIn forceVerification dutyDisclosure

map categories:Disclosure of AI use in filingsDuty to verify AI outputSelf-represented litigantsAI-generated evidence

Practice Note SC GEN 25 of the Supreme Court of Victoria, issued 14 May 2026, replaces the court's May 2024 guidelines for litigants. Court users must keep meaningful human control over AI-assisted work, may not verify one AI tool's output with another, must ensure sworn documents are in the deponent's own words, and may be directed to identify AI-produced portions.

Applies to
lawyers, litigants, parties
Effective
14 May 2026
Current version
Original · 14 May 2026
Last verified
03 Sept 2026
Official text
www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/areas/legal-resources/practice-notes/sc-ge…

What the document requires

  • Meaningful human control is required over any AI-assisted material filed with the court.
  • Checking one AI tool's output with another AI tool does not satisfy the verification duty.
  • Affidavits and witness statements must be in the deponent's own words.
  • The court may direct a party to identify which parts of a document were AI-produced.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2026-05-14First version recorded.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Practice Note SC GEN 25: The Use of Artificial Intelligence by Court Users" (Supreme Court of Victoria, Original, 2026-05-14), safelegalai.com/regulation/australia/vic-sc-gen-25-ai-court-users (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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