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Artificial Intelligence practice direction: Consultation note

Supreme Court of Western Australia · Western Australia

last revised 2025-03-03last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

ConsultationSupersededPermissive

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A consultation note by which the Supreme Court of Western Australia sought input on whether to make a practice direction on generative AI. It surveys the approaches taken in New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and the United Kingdom, and characterises the New South Wales regime as prohibitive.

Applies to
lawyers, litigants
Effective
03 Mar 2025
Current version
Consultation note · 03 Mar 2025
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au/_files/AI_practice_direction.pdf

What the document requires

  • Consultation limited to generative AI, expressly excluding e-discovery and predictive analytics tools.
  • Summarises comparative approaches, describing NSW Practice Note SC Gen 23 as a prohibitive stance.
  • The Law Society of Western Australia responded on 11 April 2025 urging a balanced, principles-based approach.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Consultation notecurrent2025-03-03Consultation on whether to make an AI practice direction; superseded by the court's Guidelines for the use of generative AI.official

Sources

Cite this record

SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Artificial Intelligence practice direction: Consultation note" (Supreme Court of Western Australia, Consultation note, 2025-03-03), safelegalai.com/regulation/australia/au-wa-supreme-court-ai-practice-direction-consultation (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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