Policy · Family Violence & Protection Orders
Firm protocol: using AI in family violence matters (address protection and client safety)
Internal protocol setting what information may never enter AI tools in family violence matters, which tasks AI may assist with and under what controls, how sworn statements are protected, and how to check outgoing documents for location leaks.
- Kind
- Policy. A policy or procedure for a firm or client.
- Where it applies
- Australia, New South Wales, 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, New South Wales and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Adopt as a firm policy for all protection order, family law and related matters involving family violence. Review whenever the firm adds or changes an AI tool, and when court AI practice notes change.
How AI may be used
This protocol permits a short list of bounded tasks in approved closed tools with close supervision, bars all use with safety-critical information, and keeps sworn material and advice lawyer-led.
AI may
- Build a dated chronology and evidence index from documents the lawyer has selected and redacted
- Build an order, service and expiry register from sealed orders and service records
- Populate a prescribed form for the lawyer to check, other than the statement or narrative
AI must not
- Must not receive restricted safety information as defined in the protocol
- Must not write, complete or rephrase any statement, affidavit or grounds
- Must not assess risk, characterise conduct, or decide who is the person most in need of protection
- Must not be used through public or consumer AI accounts for any client work
The lawyer checks
- Tool approval and task category before use on each matter
- Redaction of restricted safety information before any document is processed
- Location-leak check on every outgoing document
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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.
More in Family Violence & Protection Orders
- Private ADVO application and applicant's written statement (NSW Local Court): completion guide
- Family violence intervention order application (Victoria, FVIO1 or online): completion guide
- Notice of Child Abuse, Family Violence or Risk (Federal Circuit and Family Court): completion guide
- Client safety screening and safety planning checklist for family violence matters
- Technology-facilitated abuse and deepfake evidence preservation checklist
- Letter of advice to a defendant on an ADVO: options, consenting without admissions and consequences (NSW)
All precedents for Family Violence & Protection Orders · Tasks and AI use in this area