---
title: "Index for a trust investigation or external examination"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/trust-examination-pack-index"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a41-trust-examination-pack-index"
area_id: "A41"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A41-A20260923-3", "A41-T1-R1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Index for a trust investigation or external examination

> Index of trust records to gather when an investigator or external examiner asks for them, and a cover note recording what the principal produced and what was held back.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/trust-examination-pack-index  
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: [Trust accounting & handling client money](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales, Western 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 5 authorities it cites, for New South Wales and Western Australia.

## When to use it

Use when the practice is asked to produce trust records for an investigation or external examination. The principal decides the scope of the request before anything is sent. Do not use the index as the response itself.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare a trust-inspection pack from the ledgers and authorities](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/prepare-a-trust-inspection-pack-from-the-ledgers-and-authorities.md)
- [Reconcile the trust ledger to the bank and the matter files](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/reconcile-the-trust-ledger-to-the-bank-and-the-matter-files.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may tick which of the listed records exist in a file list the principal supplies. The principal decides what the request covers and what is produced.

**AI may:**

- Match file names in a supplied list to the rows of this index
- List rows that have no matching document

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide that a document is within the request or that privilege has been waived
- Must not export client advice, barrister opinions or unrelated matters into the pack
- Must not send the pack

**The lawyer checks:**

- The request is read, and only records within it are included
- Reconciliations, authorities and statements are the copies kept under the Rules, not recreations
- Anything withheld is described on the cover note, and the principal has signed it

## Authorities

- [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) s 147(2)(c) and (d) (records kept so they can be investigated or externally examined, for 7 years)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lpul333/s147.html)
- [Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (NSW) r 48 (monthly reconciliation statements to be kept)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/lpugr2015372/s48.html)
- [Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (NSW) r 43(3) to (5) (written particulars of each cheque and electronic transfer)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/lpugr2015372/s43.html)
- [Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (NSW) r 52(7) (copy of each trust account statement)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/lpugr2015372/s52.html)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) s 154 (examiner who becomes aware of an irregularity must give written notice)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lpul333/s154.html)

## 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/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/trust-examination-pack-index 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.*