Advise if compromise is in the interests of a child or person who cannot manage the claim
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- In a firm-controlled tool, list only the settlement figures, the refund schedule and any manager's fee estimate, each with its source. The tool writes nothing of the advice, nothing of an outline of it, and nothing that goes into an affidavit or an opinion.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer writes the advice, any opinion and any affidavit. The tool writes nothing in them.
- The lawyer decides whether acceptance is in the person's interests.
- The lawyer checks every figure against its source before it is used.
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: VICNSWQLD
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. In a firm-controlled tool, list only the settlement figures, the refund schedule and any manager's fee estimate, each with its source. The tool writes nothing of the advice, nothing of an outline of it, and nothing that goes into an affidavit or an opinion. The tool writes nothing into the document. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human. |
| Lawyer | Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- Confirm each figure on the list has a source document, and that the tool has added no conclusion.
- Confirm the advice, the opinion and any affidavit are in the lawyer's words, with no generated passage left in them.
- Apply Practice Note SC GEN 25 paragraphs 6.10 to 6.12 and Practice Note SC Gen 23 paragraphs 10 to 13 to any affidavit.
- Record the management-cost estimate beside the document that states it, and leave adequacy to the lawyer.
Sources
- Funds in Court: approvals of compromise · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 r 15.08 (as made) · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note SC GEN 25 · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of Queensland Practice Direction 15 of 2018 · 2026-10-23
- District Court of Queensland Practice Direction 6 of 2018 · 2026-10-23
- Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) r 98 · 2026-10-23
- Public Trustee of Queensland: sanctions under section 59 · 2026-10-23
- Motor Accident Insurance Commission: claim processing and settlement · 2026-10-23
- Judicial Commission of NSW: persons under legal incapacity · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of NSW Practice Note SC Gen 23 · 2026-10-23
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.
Health, wage and capacity records stay in a firm-controlled tool. The lawyer checks confidentiality under the conduct rules that bind the firm, whether the firm is an APP entity, Australian Privacy Principle 11 on security and destruction, and whether a loss would be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The serious-harm threshold page was not opened.
Practice Note SC GEN 25 commenced on 14 May 2026. Practice Note SC Gen 23 commenced on 3 February 2025. The Queensland courts page warns against a public chatbot. The tool writes no advice, no opinion and no affidavit.