---
title: "Incoming evidence — deepfakes & synthetic documents: precedents"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents"
type: "precedent_area"
site: "AI Law Framework"
area_id: "A44"
precedent_count: 6
last_reviewed: "2026-10-17"
---

# Incoming evidence — deepfakes & synthetic documents: precedents

> 6 starting-point precedents for Incoming evidence — deepfakes & synthetic documents, each with the law behind it and how far AI may help.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-17

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## Precedents

| Precedent | Kind | Jurisdictions | AI level | Summary | Law stated as at |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Deepfake and synthetic evidence authenticity checklist (images, audio, video and documents)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/deepfake-evidence-authenticity-checklist.md) | Checklist | Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, United Kingdom (England and Wales), United States | Red | Step-by-step checklist for testing whether an image, recording, video, message or document has been generated or altered with AI before relying on it or challenging it: preserve, trace provenance,… | 2026-10-17 |
| [Letter requesting native files, metadata and device examination (Evidence Act s 167)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/evidence-act-request-native-files.md) | Letter | Australia, New South Wales, Victoria | Yellow | Letter to the other side requesting production of the original native file and metadata, examination and testing of the file and the device that produced it, and the person who created it, where AI… | 2026-10-17 |
| [Letter instructing a digital forensics expert on suspected synthetic or altered media](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/forensic-expert-instruction-letter.md) | Letter | Australia, New South Wales, Victoria | Red | Instruction letter to a digital forensics expert to examine whether images, recordings, video or documents were generated or altered with AI, setting the questions, method, chain of custody, code of… | 2026-10-17 |
| [Client warning letter on AI-fabricated or altered evidence](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/client-warning-synthetic-evidence.md) | Letter | Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland | Yellow | Letter warning a client that creating, altering or "enhancing" evidence with AI is serious misconduct and may be a crime, explaining what the firm must do if it learns evidence is false, and asking… | 2026-10-17 |
| [Digital evidence intake and chain-of-custody record](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/digital-evidence-chain-of-custody-record.md) | Form | Australia, New South Wales, Victoria | Yellow | Form for recording how a digital exhibit was obtained, its hash values, every transfer, access and copy, and integrity checks, so that its authenticity and handling can be proved. | 2026-10-17 |
| [Outline of submissions objecting to evidence suspected to be AI-generated or altered](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/authenticity-objection-submissions-outline.md) | Court document | Australia, New South Wales, Victoria | Red | Outline of written submissions opposing, or seeking limits on, the tender of a document, image or recording on authenticity grounds under the uniform Evidence Acts, with alternative orders for… | 2026-10-17 |

The area's guidance on AI use: [Incoming evidence — deepfakes & synthetic documents](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents.md). All areas: [Precedents](https://ailawframework.com/precedents.md).

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