Plan a Queensland first conference against the State's guidelines
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the firm's conference checklist and the support needs the lawyer has marked, prepare a plan of who may attend, breaks, and which records to collect before any account is taken. Write none of the client's account.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer takes any account. Do not let the plan become a draft the client adopts.
- Do not treat the guidelines as binding. They follow the Act's definition of child abuse.
- Check any confidentiality clause against the guideline before the client is asked to accept it.
- Keep the file in the firm's system. Confidentiality and APP 11 apply.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Queensland. A first conference in the firm. The guidelines are for the State and its agencies.
Produce. A conference plan covering support, breaks and the records to collect before an account is taken.
Have ready. The lawyer's support notes; Whether the defendant is the State; The records already held.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The defendant is the State. The plan notes that the guidelines say an apology is considered where the State has acted improperly, and it lists the records to collect. It does not draft the apology or the client's account.
Stop and hand it back when
- The plan starts to summarise the abuse.
- The guidelines are described as binding a private school.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the firm's conference checklist and the support needs the lawyer has marked, prepare a plan of who may attend, breaks, and which records to collect before any account is taken. Write none of 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
- The November 2022 guidelines are not binding. They say they apply to child abuse as they define it, following the Civil Liability Act: sexual or serious physical abuse, or connected psychological abuse.
- They say the State should minimise re-traumatisation, train lawyers in a trauma-informed framework, consider resolving a matter without a statement of claim, and offer an apology where the State has acted improperly, ordinarily by a senior executive.
- A confidentiality clause is considered case by case and, if used, should not stop the claimant discussing the circumstances of the claim and the claims process.
- The State will help identify the proper defendant. The plan does not summarise the client's account.
Sources
- Queensland whole-of-government guidelines for child-abuse civil litigation, November 2022 · 2026-10-23
- Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) s 11A · 2026-10-23
- OAIC, APP 11 security of personal information · 2026-10-23
The guidelines do not bind a private institution. Paragraph 16 says they do not bind the State.
Do not create a document for the client to sign or adopt.