Checklist · Family Law
FCFCOA expert certificate that the AI direction was read
Paragraph 4.10 requires a lawyer who engages a private expert to give the expert this practice direction and to ensure the expert certifies that it has been read. The HTML does not set out the certificate.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Commonwealth
- AI use
- Red You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a private expert is engaged to prepare a report or opinion for a proceeding in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. The expert report must also meet the expert-witness requirements. Those requirements were not opened.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
The certificate is the expert's statement in the report. The expert writes it after reading the direction. AI does not sign it and does not draft the opinion.
AI may
- Place the practice direction with the letter of instruction
- Leave a blank certificate for the expert to complete after reading the direction
AI must not
- Must not draft the expert's opinion
- Must not sign or complete the certificate for the expert
- Must not present the starting-point sentence as words the direction prescribes
The lawyer checks
- A copy of the 29 May 2026 practice direction was given to the expert
- The expert has certified that it was read
- The report also meets the expert-witness requirements. Those requirements were not opened for this checklist
- Paragraph 4.11 treats an expert differently from other court users. The expert disclosure is this certificate, not a general AI-use statement
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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- 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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