---
title: "Psychiatrist's instructions on a recognised psychiatric illness"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/psychiatrist-recognised-psychiatric-illness"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a21-psychiatrist-recognised-psychiatric-illness"
area_id: "A21"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A21-T1-R8", "A21-P20260916-3", "A21-P20260916-4", "A21-SB20261022-10", "A21-FM20261023-8", "A21-FM20261023-9", "A21-FM20261023-10"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# Psychiatrist's instructions on a recognised psychiatric illness

> Letter asking a psychiatrist whether there is a recognised psychiatric illness for a mental harm claim, without asking the psychiatrist to apply the statutory tests.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/psychiatrist-recognised-psychiatric-illness  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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

## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.md)
- Jurisdictions: Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-23
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the 19 authorities it cites, for Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when a plaintiff firm instructs a psychiatrist on a mental harm claim in Victoria, Queensland or New South Wales. Do not use the general psychiatric letter as well without deleting the overlap, and do not use this letter for an impairment score.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft medico-legal instructions and review the draft report](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/draft-medico-legal-instructions-and-review-the-draft-report.md)
- [Check an expert report’s assumptions and AI disclosure](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-an-expert-report-s-assumptions-and-ai-disclosure.md)
- [Check a proposed medico-legal referral before booking](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-a-proposed-medico-legal-referral-before-booking.md)
- [Check a pure mental harm claim for a recognised psychiatric illness](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-a-pure-mental-harm-claim-for-a-recognised-psychiatric-illness.md)
- [Check the witness or close-relationship gateway for pure mental harm from shock](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-the-witness-or-close-relationship-gateway-for-pure-mental-harm-fro.md)
- [Set out the normal-fortitude questions for a mental harm duty of care](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-out-the-normal-fortitude-questions-for-a-mental-harm-duty-of-care.md)
- [Check a consequential mental harm claim and the limit on economic loss](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-a-consequential-mental-harm-claim-and-the-limit-on-economic-loss.md)

## How AI may be used

The tool may assemble the letter from the lawyer's category and the assumption list, and the lawyer checks that no statutory test is left for the psychiatrist.

**AI may:**

- Assemble the index from the documents the lawyer has selected, with one page sequence.
- Insert the pathway or forum block the lawyer has selected and remove the others.
- Insert the state the lawyer has marked and delete the other state's definition.

**AI must not:**

- Must not state an impairment percentage, a diagnosis, or whether a statutory threshold is met.
- Must not put health or wage records into a public or consumer tool.
- Must not draft an affidavit, a witness statement or a statutory declaration.
- Must not ask the psychiatrist to decide duty, normal fortitude, a gateway, or damages.
- Must not apply the New South Wales or Victorian sections to a Queensland claim.

**The lawyer checks:**

- The pure or consequential category is marked, or expressly not yet marked.
- One forum block remains, and the code is enclosed.
- Queensland is not given a statutory test from another state.
- No impairment assessment is requested.

## Authorities

- [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Schedule 7, version current from 13 March 2026](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2005-0418#sch.7)
- [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 31.27](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/ucpr2005305/s31.27.html)
- [District Court of NSW General Practice Note 2, commencing 3 February 2025, adopting Supreme Court Practice Note SC Gen 23](https://districtcourt.nsw.gov.au/documents/practice-notes/district-court-pn---general/Gen_AI_Practice_Note.pdf)
- [Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 (Vic) r 44.03](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/sccpr2025433/s44.03.html)
- [Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note SC Gen 25, issued 14 May 2026](https://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/areas/legal-resources/practice-notes/sc-gen-25-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence-by-court-users)
- [County Court of Victoria Practice Note PNCCV 1-2026, version 1.0 of 5 June 2026](https://www.countycourt.vic.gov.au/files/documents/2026-06/use-artificial-intelligence-court-users-practice-note.docx)
- [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) r 429F](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/s429f.html)
- [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) r 429H](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/s429h.html)
- [Supreme Court of Queensland Practice Direction 5 of 2025](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/889148/sc-pd-5-pf-2025.pdf)
- [Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 27](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cla2002161/s27.html)
- [Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 30](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cla2002161/s30.html)
- [Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 31](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cla2002161/s31.html)
- [Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 32](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cla2002161/s32.html)
- [Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 33](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cla2002161/s33.html)
- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s 67](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s67.html)
- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s 72](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s72.html)
- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s 73](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s73.html)
- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s 75](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s75.html)
- [Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld), AustLII table of provisions as at 1 July 2024](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cla2003161/)

## 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/personal-injury-and-compensation/psychiatrist-recognised-psychiatric-illness 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.*