Seek protection from personal cross-examination and arrange safe attendance at the hearing
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the file, identify each hearing at which the client may give evidence and whether the other party is unrepresented, and draft the letter or request to the court and the other side seeking the protections that apply (remote witness room, screens, a support person, the bar on personal cross-examination) from the firm’s template.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer confirms which statutory protections apply in that forum, decides what to request, checks the letter discloses nothing about the client’s location or routine, and confirms the arrangements with the registry before the day. The client’s safety on the hearing day is the point of the task.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the file, identify each hearing at which the client may give evidence and whether the other party is unrepresented, and draft the letter or request to the court and the other side seeking the protections that apply (remote witness room, screens, a support person, the bar on personal cross-examination) from the firm’s template. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Before anything is relied on, confirm the material may lawfully and safely go into the tool (approved tool, no retention or training), and that no output reveals the protected person’s address, workplace, school, refuge or new contact details.
- Confirm the protections that apply in that forum from the statute or practice note, not from the template.
- Check the request names no address, workplace or travel arrangement for the client.
- Confirm the arrangements with the registry in writing before the hearing day.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal cross-examination ban: section 102NA checklist and the Commonwealth scheme | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Checklist for whether section 102NA stops a party cross-examining another party in person, and for applying in time to the Commonwealth family violence cross-examination scheme. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) s 102NA (mandatory protections where allegations of family violence) · 2026-10-18
- Local Court of NSW, Practice Note – Domestic and Personal Violence Proceedings (commenced 4 May 2026) · 2026-10-18
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.