---
title: "Minimisation worksheet before a document joins the precedent bank"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/knowledge-management/precedent-minimisation-worksheet"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "km-precedent-minimisation-worksheet"
area_id: "KM"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["KM-B12-04"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Minimisation worksheet before a document joins the precedent bank

> A worksheet, before a matter document is added to the precedent bank, for how little personal information is kept and whether a person would still be reasonably identifiable.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/knowledge-management/precedent-minimisation-worksheet  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Knowledge Management](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/knowledge-management.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use when a lawyer wants to anonymise a matter document before it is added to the precedent bank or a shared know-how set. It does not decide privilege. It does not say that a method achieves de-identification.

## Used for these tasks

- [Anonymise a matter document before adding it to the precedent bank](https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management/anonymise-a-matter-document-before-adding-it-to-the-precedent-bank.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may highlight names, contact details, and images in a document the lawyer has opened inside an approved system; the lawyer decides whether the person remains identifiable and what is kept.

**AI may:**

- Highlight names, email addresses, phone numbers, and images in a document already inside the firm's approved system
- Leave a row for each identifier the lawyer chooses to remove or keep

**AI must not:**

- Must not send the document to a publicly available generative AI tool in order to anonymise it
- Must not treat deletion of a name as the end of the worksheet
- Must not certify that the result is de-identified

**The lawyer checks:**

- A false or generated passage about an identifiable person is still treated as personal information
- What remains is no more than the firm needs for the precedent
- The original stays out of any public generative tool, including a tool asked to do the redaction

## Authorities

- [Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Guidance on privacy and the use of commercially available AI products, updated 21 October 2024: minimum personal information, reasonable identifiability, and false or generated information](https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-guidance-for-organisations-and-government-agencies/guidance-on-privacy-and-the-use-of-commercially-available-ai-products)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/knowledge-management/precedent-minimisation-worksheet and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*