Court Filing Reference

Detects court filing references from Queensland courts (Magistrates Court, District Court, Supreme Court) containing proceeding numbers, party names, and registry details. Unpublished filings contain personal details of parties, allegations, and evidence that are not yet in the public domain.

Type

keyword_proximity

Engine

universal

Confidence

low

Confidence justification

Medium confidence: requires co-occurrence of court filing terminology with Queensland court reference number formats. These formats and filing-specific terms rarely co-occur outside genuine court documents.

Jurisdictions

au

Regulations

Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld), Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld)

Frameworks

QGISCF

Data categories

law-enforcement, government

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

7

Pattern

(?i)\b(court\s+filing|proceeding\s+number|cause\s+number|registry\s+(?:number|reference)|(?:plaintiff|defendant|applicant|respondent)\s+(?:name|details))\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

SENSITIVE, Legal, court filing, proceeding number, registry, plaintiff, defendant, applicant, respondent, Magistrates Court, District Court, Supreme Court, initiating application, statement of claim, investigation, enforcement, prosecution, arrest, evidence, forensic (+24 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• SENSITIVE Legal. Court Filing — Queensland Magistrates Court. Proceeding Number: MAG-2026-04281. Registry: Brisbane. Plaintiff: State of Queensland. Defendant: [Name]. Charge: Criminal Code s.339 — Assault of a Public Officer. First appearance: 18 March 2026. Bail application to be heard. Filed by Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. — Magistrates Court criminal filing with proceeding number and party details
• Supreme Court of Queensland — Initiating Application. Cause Number: SC-2025-1847. Registry: Townsville. Applicant: Director-General, Department of Child Safety. Respondent: [Name]. Application for child protection order under Child Protection Act 1999 s.59. Affidavit of caseworker attached. Matter listed for directions hearing 22 March 2026. — Supreme Court child protection filing with cause number
• District Court of Queensland — Statement of Claim. Proceeding Number: DC-2026-0392. Registry: Cairns. Plaintiff: [Name]. Defendant: Queensland Health. Claim for damages arising from medical negligence at Cairns Hospital. Particulars of negligence: failure to diagnose appendicitis on presentation 14 August 2025. Damages claimed: $485,000. — District Court civil claim filing against Queensland Health
• District Court of Queensland, proceeding number 2026/0392; Plaintiff M.L.; Defendant Queensland Health; statement of claim; damages $485,000. — Court identity, reference, parties, document type, and claim detail enforce
• Court Filing Name: Avery Teston Date of birth: 04/02/1991 Reference number: RX22914471 Notes: Court Filing recorded against the subject; handling restricted. — Populated justice record reaching the 75/85 structure gate
• District Court of Queensland — Brisbane registry Proceeding number: BS4471/26 Applicant: Avery Teston Respondent: Jordan Teston Affidavit of Avery Teston filed 12/09/2026. — Complete record with a labelled reference in the documented identifier form (reaches 85)

Should not match

• Published Judgment: Smith v State of Queensland [2025] QSC 184. The Supreme Court found the defendant liable for negligence. The full judgment is available on the Queensland Courts website. — Published Supreme Court judgment available on courts website
• The Queensland Courts Directory lists the Brisbane Magistrates Court at 363 George Street, Brisbane QLD 4000. Registry hours are 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday. — Public court directory information
• The Queensland Law Society Journal published an article analysing recent District Court decisions on medical negligence claims, noting an increase in proceeding numbers filed in 2025. — Legal journal article discussing court statistics
• Published Judgment: Smith v State [2025] QSC 184. — Published judgment citation — excluded and no filing primary present
• Law-school sample: court file plaintiff Example. — Academic/sample context is suppressed by the noise exclusion
• Court filing proceeding number. — Generic filing words without court identity or parties discover but must not enforce
• The court registry published holiday opening hours and contact details. — Public directory information with no proceeding reference or filing document
• Policy guidance: this procedure explains how records about Court Filing are handled, who may access them and how long they are kept. It contains no records about any person or system. — Policy guidance naming the topic without any record (discovery only)

Known false positives

• Published court judgments and decisions already in the public domain Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'published judgment', 'published decision', 'available on', 'QSC', 'QCA', 'QDC' (judgment citation formats).
• Court directories, registry contact details, and public information Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'directory', 'registry hours', 'contact details', 'court location'
• Legal journal articles discussing court statistics and case law Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'journal', 'law society', 'article', 'analysing', 'recent decisions'
• Court forms templates without party details Mitigation: Require proximity to actual party names or specific proceeding numbers, not blank form fields.

References

• Criminal Code 1899 (Qld)