Prepare submissions for the Personal Injury Commission or a New South Wales court
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- From the approved issues table, build an internal outline of the issues and the procedural sections. Write nothing that is lodged with the Commission or a court, and do not generate the content of a person's evidence.
- What the lawyer must review
- Verify every citation yourself. A generative tool must not do that verification
- In the Commission, put that verification in the body, as PIC13 paragraphs 18 and 19 require
- In the Supreme Court and the Local Court, Practice Note SC Gen 23 paragraphs 16 and 17 apply
- Settle the submissions before lodgement. Do not file an unchecked draft
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. New South Wales Personal Injury Commission, Supreme Court or Local Court
Produce. A structural draft the lawyer verifies and settles before lodgement.
Have ready. The approved issues table; The forum and any direction for written submissions; The authorities the lawyer has already accepted.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The draft has four headings from the issues table and one case citation. The lawyer finds no such case, deletes the citation, and adds the verification paragraph before the submissions are lodged.
Stop and hand it back when
- A citation has not been checked by the lawyer, or the verification paragraph is missing.
- The draft contains the content of a person's evidence.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. From the approved issues table, build an internal outline of the issues and the procedural sections. Write nothing that is lodged with the Commission or a court, and do not generate the content of a person's evidence. 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
- PIC13 paragraph 11(c) allows written submissions to be prepared with generative AI, subject to the later paragraphs. Paragraphs 18 and 19 require the author to verify in the body that citations, authorities and legislative references exist, are accurate and are relevant, and to make a similar verification for references to evidence. That verification must not be carried out by a generative AI tool.
- PIC13 paragraph 20 says use of generative AI does not absolve the author's professional obligations. Paragraph 12 says generative AI must not generate the content of a person's evidence.
- Practice Note SC Gen 23 paragraphs 16 and 17 require the same verification in submissions or a skeleton. Paragraph 17 says the verification must not be carried out solely by a generative AI tool. The note was issued on 28 January 2025 and commenced on 3 February 2025.
- The Local Court practice note issued on 12 December 2025, commencing 12 January 2026, adopts Practice Note SC Gen 23 for all Local Court proceedings.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCR notice of appeal (QIRC Form 9) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to QIRC Form 9, titled on the forms page as a WCR notice of appeal. |
| Appellant's statement of facts and contentions, psychiatric or psychological injury (QIRC Form 9A) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to QIRC Form 9A. |
| Appellant's statement of facts and contentions, physical injury (QIRC Form 9B) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to QIRC Form 9B. |
| Respondent's statement of facts and contentions (QIRC Form 9C) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to QIRC Form 9C, titled on the forms page as the respondent's statement of facts and contentions. |
| Application for claim review (Workers' Compensation Regulator Form 542.3) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to Form 542.3, version 6, the approved application for review under section 542, on which the applicant states the grounds and signs. |
| Workplace Injury Commission application for conciliation: completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Guide to the Workplace Injury Commission application for conciliation, including the 60-day period, the documents to attach, and the signature and authorisation in section 5. |
| VCAT review of a TAC decision: application completion guide | Form | AI use Red | Guide to asking VCAT to review a TAC decision, using the TAC page's 12-month period and VCAT's Application for Review of a Decision in the Review and Regulation List. |
| County Court notice of intention to refer a medical question to a Medical Panel: guide | Form | AI use Red | Guide to the County Court notice of intention to refer a medical question to a Medical Panel in a serious injury application for a work injury, from the Common Law Division Practice Note of 9 February 2026. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Personal Injury Commission: Procedural Direction PIC13 · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of NSW: Practice Note SC Gen 23 · 2026-10-23
- Local Court of NSW: Practice Note on Generative Artificial Intelligence · 2026-10-23
- Law Society of NSW: Court protocols on AI · 2026-10-23
PIC13 and Practice Note SC Gen 23 allow a tool to prepare submissions where the lawyer verifies the citations and settles the document. The tool does not write a person's evidence.
The Law Society list, current as at 14 May 2026, records District Court General Practice Note 2. Open that note before filing in the District Court. Its text was not opened.
Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules rule 9 and Australian Privacy Principle 11 apply, and a breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).