Prepare a South Australian probate or estate court step under the Gen AI guidelines
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Turn instructions into a draft chronology or submission for a step in a listed South Australian court.
- What the lawyer must review
- The guidelines apply from 1 January 2026 to steps under the Uniform Civil Rules in the Supreme Court and the other listed courts. They do not ban affidavits. Gen AI may assist, but the lawyer must ensure the statement fairly records the witness's own memory and is not embellished or cut down, and must not send the witness a draft prepared from other documents before interviewing them. They do not require the document to state that Gen AI was used. They describe Gen AI drafts of character references as rarely, if ever, appropriate.
- Written for / version
- Written for South Australia
The work product
Forum. South Australia
Produce. Prepare a South Australian probate or estate court step under the Gen AI guidelines
Have ready. SA courts Gen AI guidelines; The matter instructions and the documents the output will rely on..
Example of the limit. Stop before the result is filed, sent or relied on. The guidelines apply from 1 January 2026 to steps under the Uniform Civil Rules in the Supreme Court and the other listed courts. They do not ban affidavits. Gen AI may assist, but the lawyer must ensure the statement fairly records the witness's own memory and is not embellished or cut down, and must not send the witness a draft prepared from other documents before interviewing them. They do not require the document to state that Gen AI was used. They describe Gen AI drafts of character references as rarely, if ever, appropriate.
Stop and hand it back when
- The cited source is not the instrument that applies to this forum or this date.
- The output states a fact, date, citation, figure or commitment that is not in the instructions or the source.
- The responsible lawyer has not approved the exact output for its intended use.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-10.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Turn instructions into a draft chronology or submission for a step in a listed South Australian court. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Open the cited source and confirm it is the current instrument for this forum and this date.
- The guidelines apply from 1 January 2026 to steps under the Uniform Civil Rules in the Supreme Court and the other listed courts. They do not ban affidavits. Gen AI may assist, but the lawyer must ensure the statement fairly records the witness's own memory and is not embellished or cut down, and must not send the witness a draft prepared from other documents before interviewing them. They do not require the document to state that Gen AI was used. They describe Gen AI drafts of character references as rarely, if ever, appropriate.
- Compare the output with the source and the instructions, including material the output left out.
- The responsible lawyer approves the exact output for its intended use, or sends it back.
Sources
- SA courts Gen AI guidelines · 2026-10-10
Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.