BEFORE YOUR COURT REPORT ASSESSMENT
Court Report Document Checklist
This checklist explains which documents may help us prepare an independent, evidence-based psychological report for Court. You do not need every document listed. Please provide records that exist and are relevant to your matter. If you have a solicitor, ask them to provide the court documents directly.
Most useful to start with: your next court date and solicitor details, the allegations or charge documents, previous mental health reports, and records of your current treatment.
1. Court and legal documents
Usually supplied by your solicitor:
- Letter of Instructions explaining the report required and the questions to be addressed.
- Charge sheet or Court Attendance Notice, police facts or Statement of Alleged Facts.
- Next court date, Court reference, and any report deadline.
- Relevant bail conditions, AVOs or other Court orders.
- Any relevant previous Court reports or expert reports, including opinions that differ.
Other case material may be requested from your solicitor where appropriate and lawfully available. Please do not send privileged legal advice or restricted documents without your solicitor’s approval.
2. Mental health and medical records
- Previous psychological, psychiatric, ADHD, autism or cognitive assessment reports (where relevant).
- GP Mental Health Treatment Plans, referrals, and relevant treating-practitioner letters.
- Relevant hospital admission, emergency department or discharge summaries.
- Records confirming previous diagnoses, treatment history, and any differing clinical opinions.
- Current psychiatric medications, doses and prescriber details; relevant past medication changes.
- Relevant drug and alcohol assessments or treatment records, if applicable.
If you cannot obtain a report, provide the clinician or service name and the approximate date of treatment.
3. Information about your mental health at the relevant time
Where the report concerns alleged events or past psychological functioning, records from around those dates may be particularly useful.
- GP, psychology, psychiatry or hospital records from before, during or soon after the relevant period.
- Information about significant medication changes, mental health crises or treatment interruptions around that time.
- Other relevant records identified with your solicitor that may support, clarify or contradict your account.
It is important that relevant records are provided whether they appear favourable or unfavourable to your case. Please do not contact complainants, protected persons or witnesses to obtain material.
4. Current treatment, rehabilitation and supports
- Current treating psychologist, psychiatrist and GP contact details.
- Treatment attendance or progress letters, where available.
- Confirmed future appointments and current treatment recommendations.
- Relevant rehabilitation, alcohol and other drug, or behaviour-change program participation records.
- Relevant support arrangements, including details of a proposed support person or responsible person where appropriate.
If a support person or treatment provider is proposed, their participation and availability may need to be confirmed separately.
5. Other records — only if applicable
- School, learning, developmental or intellectual disability assessment reports.
- Neurological, acquired brain injury or significant medical specialist reports.
- Relevant NDIS, functional capacity or support assessments.
- Previous reports relating to the same legal matter or mental health issues.
For family law, child-related proceedings or other specialist matters, please follow the document requests agreed with your solicitor. Additional records may be requested following clinical assessment.
How to prepare and send your documents
Step 1: Review the checklist above and collect relevant documents. You do not need every item.
Step 2: Save complete, readable files as PDFs, Word documents or clear photographs. Do not alter or selectively remove pages.
Step 3: Use the upload form below. You may upload up to four files per submission, each up to 3 MB. If you have more documents, submit the form again.
Step 4: Our office will review the material and advise if further records are needed. Submission does not confirm that the records are sufficient for a report.
Important: This website upload sends documents to our practice as email attachments. Ordinary email is not necessarily end-to-end encrypted. Do not submit privileged, subpoenaed, restricted or third-party material without your solicitor’s approval. For large briefs or particularly sensitive material, contact us to arrange another method. Review our Privacy Policy or call 1300 200 358.
Submit your documents
Enter the client’s details and attach documents below. Only the first file is mandatory. The files will be emailed to our practice at the address nominated for report submissions. You do not need a website account.
Accepted: PDF, DOC, DOCX, JPG, JPEG and PNG; maximum 3 MB per document and four documents per submission. If files are too large, please telephone our office to arrange a suitable alternative.
We collect this information to identify your matter and review relevant evidence. Documents are transferred to the practice by email and are not intended to be retained in the website form database. Please confirm that you are authorised to send each document. Read our Privacy Policy.