Court AI practice notes
Protect your privacy when using Gen AI in Tribunal proceedings
NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Tribunal), New South Wales.
About this rule
- Issuer
- NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Body type
- Tribunal
- Type
- Practice notice
- Date
- 5 May 2026
- Date basis
- 2026-05-05
- Date on the page
- 2026-05-05
- Confidence
- High
- Jurisdiction
- New South Wales
Summary
NCAT announcement for Privacy Awareness Week 2026 pointing parties to Procedural Direction 7 and the Gen AI fact sheet, and warning about privacy risks of entering personal or confidential information into Gen AI tools.
Points recorded from the source
- Gen AI may help organise information, summarise material or prepare chronologies but creates privacy risks
- Gen AI must not be used to generate or alter evidence (statements, affidavits, statutory declarations)
- Gen AI must not generate expert-report content unless the Tribunal has given permission
- Encourages everyone in NCAT proceedings to review the guidance before using Gen AI
Source
See it in the AI rules tracker by Australian court and bodyNew South Wales page