Build the fall chronology against the section 9 precautions test
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the incident report, photographs and inspection or cleaning records the lawyer marks, list each hazard, inspection and earlier complaint with the date and the document. Do not write a medical chronology or the client's account.
- What the lawyer must review
- Use a date only when the named document shows it.
- Keep the foreseeability words as "ought reasonably to have known".
- Keep health and wage records in a firm-controlled tool, not a public one.
- ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. Decide if a breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Queensland. A premises-fall chronology for section 9.
Produce. A dated hazard and inspection chronology against section 9.
Have ready. Incident report and photographs; Inspection or cleaning records the lawyer marks.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: An inspection sheet is undated and a complaint email has a date. The chronology records the email date and leaves the inspection date blank.
Stop and hand it back when
- The only dates are medical, not hazard dates.
- A document the chronology cites cannot be found.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the incident report, photographs and inspection or cleaning records the lawyer marks, list each hazard, inspection and earlier complaint with the date and the document. Do not write a medical chronology or the client's account. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Tie each hazard, inspection and earlier complaint to a document and a date.
- Ask whether the risk was one the person knew or ought reasonably to have known, and whether it was not insignificant.
- Record probability, likely seriousness, burden and social utility from section 9(2) where the documents speak to them.
- Do not insert a definition of "insignificant" that section 9 does not contain.
Sources
- Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld) section 9 · 2026-10-23
- Queensland Courts: Using generative AI · 2026-10-23
Section 9 does not contain the Victorian definition that insignificant risks include far-fetched or fanciful risks. Do not add it.
The Queensland Courts generative AI page says the user is responsible for accuracy of what is given to a court or tribunal, and that confidential information must not go into a public chatbot. Practice Direction 5 of 2025 is listed. Its text was not opened.