Check the witness or close-relationship gateway for pure mental harm from shock
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the account and the medical material the lawyer supplies, row whether the claimant is described as present at the scene and the relationship the document states with the person killed, injured or put in danger, and leave both gateway findings blank. Do not decide whether the harm is a recognised psychiatric illness.
- What the lawyer must review
- You decide the gateway. Presence at the scene and a close relationship are findings, not labels the tool applies.
- The recognised-psychiatric-illness condition is a separate question and is not decided in this table.
- Do not use a Victorian or New South Wales gateway in a state whose opened Act has no mental-harm Part.
- ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. A breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: NSWVICQLD
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Do not begin AI assistance until the responsible lawyer has defined and confirmed its permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm that the actual tool, feature and processing terms permit use of this information, including access, retention, training and disclosure conditions.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatrist's instructions on a recognised psychiatric illness | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter asking a psychiatrist whether there is a recognised psychiatric illness for a mental harm claim, without asking the psychiatrist to apply the statutory tests. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.