Summarise surveillance and social-media material already on a New South Wales file
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Summarise only the surveillance and social-media material the lawyer has already placed on the file, with the exhibit or page. Do not collect more material, send a contact request, or state a conclusion about credibility.
- What the lawyer must review
- Do not scrape, send a contact request, or treat the summary as a finding about credibility
- On a motor accident claim, check Motor Accident Guidelines clauses 4.150 to 4.154
- Practice Note SC Gen 23 allows a summary of documents and prohibits rephrasing a person's evidence
- Keep images in a firm-controlled tool (ASCR r 9, APP 11) and decide if a breach is notifiable
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. A New South Wales plaintiff file, including a motor accident claim in which the insurer has served surveillance
Produce. A dated summary of material already on the file, with exhibit or page references and no credibility finding.
Have ready. The surveillance or social-media material already on the file; Whether the claim is a motor accident claim; Any note that a child or a mental health condition appears in the material.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The file has an insurer video and a public post the client has already printed. The summary states the date and what is visible, and flags a child in one frame for a check against clause 4.151. It does not say the claim is exaggerated.
Stop and hand it back when
- The material is not already on the file.
- The summary would be used as a credibility submission the lawyer has not settled.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Summarise only the surveillance and social-media material the lawyer has already placed on the file, with the exhibit or page. Do not collect more material, send a contact request, or state a conclusion about credibility. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Use only material already on the file. Do not obtain new images and do not send a social-media request.
- For insurer surveillance on a motor accident claim, clause 4.150 prohibits inducement, entrapment or trespass, including a friend request intended to induce, entrap or deceive.
- Clause 4.151 treats a person under 18 as a child and limits unnecessary video of children. Clause 4.154 limits surveillance once a mental health condition is known. Clauses 4.152 and 4.153 deal with confidentiality and redaction of uninvolved people.
- Practice Note SC Gen 23 paragraph 9B allows a summary of documents. Paragraph 10 prohibits generating the content of a person's evidence. Paragraph 12 prohibits altering or rephrasing that evidence. PIC13 is to the same effect in the Commission.
Sources
- SIRA: Motor Accident Guidelines, Part 4, clauses 4.150 to 4.154 · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of New South Wales: Practice Note SC Gen 23 · 2026-10-23
- Personal Injury Commission: Procedural Direction PIC13 · 2026-10-23
The Surveillance Devices Act 2007 page did not return the statutory text. No section of that Act is applied in this summary.
Whether any breach is notifiable is decided under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Images stay in a firm-controlled tool.