How do I lodge the Originating application (Form 5) (Form 5)?

1. Pull the latest Originating application (Form 5) into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine. 2. Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill. 3. For probate/estate matters filed in the Supreme Court

Is this the current Queensland Courts form?

The template is version-tracked. A change-monitoring pipeline watches the Queensland Courts source and refreshes the form when it changes, so you assemble against the version they expect. This template is still marked a draft: it has not yet been through our editorial review, so check it against the Queensland Courts form before you rely on it.

What data does the form need?

The form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary - the parties, matter details, and your firm details fill automatically from your matter, on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

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Originating application (Form 5)

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Format: Word (DOCX)
Category: Court form
Form number: Form 5
Version: v19316286
Last updated: 1 September 2026

Supreme Court · District Court · Magistrates Court · Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999

Preview of the first page of Originating application (Form 5) — Preview - first page of the form

How to lodge - See instructions

1
Assemble the form
Pull the latest Originating application (Form 5) into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine.
2
Review and check
Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill.
3
Lodge the form
For probate/estate matters filed in the Supreme Court

Lodgement notesFor probate/estate matters filed in the Supreme Court

This form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary, so your practice management system fills it from your matter data - on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

View the official form on the Queensland Courts website

Originating application (Form 5)

How to lodge - See instructions

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