Australian Court Records Search
Search 40M+ civil and criminal court listings by person, company or ACN. Get a count of what exists, or the full record list, scoped to the states and jurisdictions your permitted purpose covers. Run one name from the portal, or twenty at a time by API.
How a court search runs
A person or a company is searched against Australian court records at the moment you ask. What comes back is the proceedings, with the court and the dates attached.What you search on
A person's name and date of birth, or a company with its ACN. Both can be searched against the same file.
Where it searches
Federal courts, state and territory courts, and tribunals. The search runs live rather than against a stored copy.
What is recorded
Each matched proceeding with its file number, court, matter type and filing date. A search that finds nothing is stored and dated too, so you can show it was run.
Where a court check earns its keep
Enhanced Due Diligence
When a customer's risk rating rises, court listings are the first place the depth of checking increases.
Supplier and Counterparty Checks
Litigation history against a company you are about to depend on, before the contract is signed.
Employment Screening
Where the role and the candidate's recorded consent make it a permitted purpose.
Litigation Pre-screening
Knowing what is already on foot before you file.
What you can search on
A name and a state will run a search; more detail narrows itCourt Check
Court Search
Entity and case search
Filters
Narrowing to the jurisdiction and matter type your purpose covers keeps the check proportionate to the reason for running it.
What comes back
Two report typesRunning it across a file
Up to 20 subjects per callSubmit the batch
Up to 20 subjects in one call, sharing report type, listing scope, pagination and an optional start date.
Screen on summary
Run counts across the whole file first. Most subjects come back clean, so reviewer attention goes only to the exceptions.
Attach to the customer record
Findings sit against the file with the date they were run, so the check is evidenced later.
Where the checks run
Pick by how your team works; the checks and results are the same.API endpoints
Request schemas and example calls are in the API reference. Sandbox available for integration testing.What do I need to run a court check?
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A name is enough for an individual. State is optional, and leaving it off searches every state. For a company, a name or an ACN. If you already hold a case number or case title, you can search on those directly.
Does a court listing mean someone was convicted?
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No. A listing records that a matter was before a court, with the court, location, date and case title. The outcome of the matter sits outside the record, so a listing is a reason to look further rather than a conclusion.
Which courts and states are covered?
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All eight states and territories, plus federal, across civil and criminal listings. Court Check filters on state and on civil, criminal or all. Court Search adds a court-level filter across 38 supported courts, among them local, district, supreme, magistrates, county, coroner, family, tribunal and federal, plus jurisdiction type and level.
Can I check a company rather than a person?
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Yes. Search by company name or ACN. Company checks are commonly paired with a KYB check, so directors and beneficial owners surfaced there can be screened as individuals in the same review.
What is the difference between a summary and a detailed report?
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A summary returns a count of matching records by type — enough to tell you whether anything exists. A detailed report returns the full record list. Most teams run summaries across a file and pull detail only on the matches.
Can I screen a whole customer or supplier list?
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Yes. The bulk API endpoint takes up to 20 subjects per call, sharing report type, listing scope and date range across all of them. Larger files are processed as repeated batches.
Who is allowed to use this?
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Clients are vetted before access is granted, and access is tied to a stated purpose — due diligence under an AML/CTF program, credit and collections, fraud investigation, supplier checks, or employment screening on recorded consent. General curiosity falls outside that.
How do I know the record belongs to my subject?
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You confirm it. Records are returned because a name and state appear in public court records, so the match is on name rather than on a resolved identity. With common names in particular, some results will belong to someone else. Verify before acting on a result, and pair the check with identity data where the decision warrants it.
Can I monitor for new matters rather than re-running the whole check?
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Yes. Court Search filters on the date a record was added to the database as well as the hearing date. Store the timestamp of your last run and pass it on the next one, and you get only what has been listed since. That is how case-watching and litigation monitoring are built.
How far back do the records go?
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Court Check screens against the full 40M+ adverse court record set. Court Search, the high-speed research index with the full filter set, covers listed cases from 1 January 2026 onwards. Use Court Check when historical depth matters and Court Search when you are researching recent matters or monitoring for new ones.
Do I need to integrate, or can I just run searches?
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Either. Run searches in Caspar with no integration work, where court data appears inside the subject profile, or call the same checks by API from your own systems. Most clients start in Caspar and integrate once the check becomes part of a repeatable process.
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