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 Unpublished filings contain personal details of parties, allegations, and evidence that are not yet in the public domain.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: high
Confidence justification: High 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 1899 (Qld), UCPR 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)|(?:MAG|DC|SC)-\d{4}-\d{2,6}|(?: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

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

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.