Is this legal advice?
No. These notes are general information about using AI in legal work in Australia. They are not advice on a matter, a client or a court.
Verification checklist
Check AI-assisted legal work before you rely on it
Read the output against the instructions, open the sources, and write down what you checked.
- Read it against the instructions
Compare the output with the question you asked. If the tool answered a different question, do not repair that by skimming.
- Open the sources
Open every case, statute and document the output relies on. A citation that looks real is not a source until you have read it.
- Check the facts you supplied
Check names, dates, figures and defined terms against the documents you provided. Do not trust a summary of a document you have not opened.
- Ask what the tool was not shown
A later draft, a missing instruction, or a document that was not uploaded is not in the answer.
- Keep the decision
Advice, filing and signature stay with a lawyer. Write down what you checked, in enough detail that another lawyer could see it was done.
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Only the account that saved it. A note on this public page is different: anyone can read it. Your own notes are not published.
What should I leave out of a saved note?
Leave out a client’s name, a file number and other personal information unless you mean to store it on this account.