Set the firm's New South Wales personal injury AI-use protocol
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Draft a firm protocol that states which New South Wales court and Commission rules apply to personal injury work, what a chronology may be used for, and what must not be generated. The partner approves it before it is issued.
- What the lawyer must review
- The partner approves the protocol before anyone uses it
- Point the protocol to PIC13, Practice Note SC Gen 23 and the Local Court note
- Open the District Court practice note before approval. Its text is not copied here
- Re-approve the protocol when a court or Commission note changes
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. A New South Wales plaintiff firm doing personal injury work
Produce. A protocol the partner approves before it is issued.
Have ready. Current PIC13, Practice Note SC Gen 23 and the Local Court practice note; The District Court practice note, opened by the partner; The firm's list of tools and what each tool stores.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The draft protocol allows a chronology and forbids generating the content of a person's evidence. The partner adds the date each note was checked and does not issue it until the District Court note has been opened.
Stop and hand it back when
- A court or Commission note has changed since the protocol was last approved.
- The protocol would allow client health records to be put into a public tool.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Draft a firm protocol that states which New South Wales court and Commission rules apply to personal injury work, what a chronology may be used for, and what must not be generated. The partner approves it before it is issued. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- PIC13 commenced on 1 January 2026 and applies in the Workers Compensation, Motor Accidents and Police Officer Support Scheme divisions.
- Practice Note SC Gen 23 was issued on 28 January 2025 and commenced on 3 February 2025. Paragraph 9B allows chronologies. Paragraph 10 prohibits generating the content of a person's evidence.
- The Local Court practice note, issued 12 December 2025 and commencing 12 January 2026, adopts Practice Note SC Gen 23 for all Local Court proceedings.
- The protocol says health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool, and that citation checks in submissions are done by the lawyer.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI use policy for health information | Policy | AI use Yellow | Firm rule for health information in plaintiff injury work: it stays in a firm-controlled tool, and public tools are not used. |
| Checklist for buying a medical-chronology tool | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Checks before a plaintiff firm approves a tool that will receive medical records: contract, training, security, a privacy impact assessment, and the court conditions for restricted material. |
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
- Law Society of NSW: Court protocols on AI · 2026-10-23
- Local Court of NSW: Practice Note on Generative Artificial Intelligence · 2026-10-23
The Law Society list, current as at 14 May 2026, records District Court General Practice Note 2. The partner opens that note before the protocol is approved.
This is a firm protocol, not a document for a client to sign. It is re-checked when PIC13 or Practice Note SC Gen 23 is amended.