Build an allegation chronology from permitted documents
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Extract dates, senders and document titles into a chronology limited to the allegations the investigator has listed.
- What the lawyer must review
- Verify the date, the people and the document
- Do not let the chronology become a narrative of what happened
- Written for / version
- Written for New South Wales
The work product
Forum. Australia: the workplace, plus any Fair Work or state process that may follow
Produce. A chronology with one document reference per row and the allegation number it relates to.
Have ready. The investigator’s allegation list; Emails and other records you are allowed to process.
Example of the limit. An email about a different employee is left out, even if it is in the same inbox export.
Stop and hand it back when
- Permission to process the records is unclear.
- The draft adds an allegation the investigator has not framed.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-09-22.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Extract dates, senders and document titles into a chronology limited to the allegations the investigator has listed. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Use only documents you are allowed to put in the tool.
- Tie each row to an allegation number or mark it as context.
- Copy dates from the document.
- Do not describe a motive or a conclusion.
Sources
- Fair Work Ombudsman: workplace investigations · 2026-09-22
- Law Society of New South Wales: court protocols on AI, current as at 14 May 2026 · 2026-09-22
Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.