Co-Clerk: Legal AI for Western Australia Workers' Comp

CO-CLERK

The Legal-Specific AI Engine for Western Australia

Presented to: Schellie-Jayne Price | Prepared by: Krystal Morunga

The Administrative Crisis

The 2023 Workers' Compensation Act (WA) has created a critical breaking point. Legal professionals face voluminous litigation referrals—up to 1,000 documents per bundle—requiring manual renaming, indexing, and analysis. This creates a bottleneck in procedural operations.

The Cost of Manual Handling

Legal trend reporting indicates that paralegals lose nearly half their time to repetitive tasks. This represents thousands of dollars in annual revenue loss per firm.

The Solution: Co-Clerk

Unlike generic tools, Co-Clerk is an AI engine developed specifically for the Western Australian statutory framework. It ingests, automates, and indexes complex legal files to enable high-value advocacy.

Reduces administrative labour by 60%

Cuts litigation delays by 50%

Core Capabilities

Intelligent Naming

Converts 'SCAN_001.pdf' to standardised '2025.06.08 IME Report'.

Metadata Extraction

Flags critical dates: Liability notices, impairtment compliance, hearings.

Statutory Recognition

Trained specifically on WA WorkCover forms and Service Directions.

Auto-Sorting

Clusters documents into Liability, Medical, Economic Loss, and Court files.

Significant Market Opportunity

Targeting 450+ WA Law Firms handling ~30,000 claims annually.

Competitive Differentiation

Generic AI Tools

• Trained on open internet • Hallucination risks • Cannot distinguish jurisdictional forms • Requires manual 'clean up' before processing

Co-Clerk Advantage

• Trained on 100k+ redacted WA documents • WA Data Sovereignty • Proactive Risk Management (Deadlines) • Simultaneous Ingestion & Output

Tech Stack & Human-in-the-Loop

• Azure AI Document Intelligence + GPT-4o • Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) Compliant Encryption • 'Traffic Light' Confidence Score System

If the model is only 70% sure, it flags Amber for human review. We do not replace expert judgment; we facilitate it.

Strategic Pricing Model

Diverging from 'per user' penalties. We use a value-based 'Per-Matter' engine.

Operational Impact & ROI

60%

Reduction in Admin Labour

50%

Decrease in Litigation Delays

75%

Potential Workflow Recovery

Transforming Administrative Burden into Strategic Advantage

Krystal Morunga | kmorunga@hwle.com.au | (08) 6559 6676