Notice · Family Law
Client notice: how we use AI, and keeping your family law matter confidential and safe
Plain-language client notice explaining how the firm uses AI under the Court's PD-AI, what it will never put into AI, and what the client must not do with AI, social media and court documents.
- Kind
- Notice. A formal notice to serve or publish.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 17 October 2026 against the 5 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Give with the costs agreement or at the first meeting in every family law matter, and again if the firm changes its AI tools. Adapt the tone for clients experiencing family violence, and give it in a safe way.
How AI may be used
AI may help produce plain-language or translated versions of this notice for the lawyer to check. The firm's actual AI practices must be described accurately, so a lawyer confirms every statement before it is given.
AI may
- Produce an easy-English or translated version of the approved notice for checking by a lawyer and, for translations, a qualified translator
- Check the notice for jargon and reading level
AI must not
- Must not describe AI tools, data locations or safeguards the firm does not actually have
- Must not be personalised by putting the client's or children's details into a public AI tool
- Must not replace a conversation with the client about consent and safety
The lawyer checks
- Every statement about the firm's tools and data handling is true today
- The client has been told how to withdraw or limit consent
- Delivery of the notice is safe for the client (no shared email or devices)
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer.
Read the full text
The full text is for signed-in accounts. It is free. When you sign in you can:
- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
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- Checklist: authenticity of digital evidence (messages, recordings, images) and deepfake risk
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