Check the New South Wales close-family gateway for pure mental harm
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- In a firm-controlled tool, row presence at the scene and whether the relationship is one listed in section 30(5) of the Civil Liability Act 2002. Leave the gateway finding, and any section 31 illness finding, blank.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether the claimant witnessed the event at the scene or is a close member of the family.
- Use only the relationships in section 30(5). If more than one spouse or partner qualifies, only the last qualifies.
- Do not decide section 31 here. It is a separate check.
Rules that apply
The document starts from the task name. Change it if this piece of work is different.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Consider narrowly defined preparation support after confirming the tool’s capability and 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 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.