---
title: "Check a release in a New South Wales Part 10 settlement"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/check-a-proposed-release-against-an-injured-person-s-other-rights/new-south-wales"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A7-PR20261023-5-NSW"
practice_area: "Class Actions / Representative Proceedings"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Check a release in a New South Wales Part 10 settlement

> Set each release clause beside this person's other rights. Do not decide that a clause is effective, and do not calculate a refund. Part 10 approval is separate from the signature.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Class Actions / Representative Proceedings](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Set each release clause beside this person's other rights. Do not decide that a clause is effective, and do not calculate a refund. Part 10 approval is separate from the signature. |
| What the lawyer must review | Check every clause. The client signs the deed. Decide whether this clause purports to exclude Part 3-5 liability. Such a term is void under s 150. Require section 173 approval. A signature does not replace it. Do not use UCPR r 7.14 as the compromise rule. It is the tutor-commencement rule. Find the compromise rule. |
| Written for | New South Wales |
| Applies to | [Check a proposed release against an injured person's other rights](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/check-a-proposed-release-against-an-injured-person-s-other-rights.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

Section 173 is the Part 10 approval. The incapacity-compromise rule was not the rule opened. Rule 7.14 is not that rule. A Federal Court approval does not supply the missing New South Wales rule.

- What the AI does: Set each release clause beside this person's other rights. Do not decide that a clause is effective, and do not calculate a refund. Part 10 approval is separate from the signature.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides what the release may give up and which incapacity rule applies.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. List treatment, other defendants and statutory benefits the clause would release.
2. Flag a Part 3-5 exclusion.
3. Do not cite r 7.14 as approval of a settlement.
4. Leave statutory refunds to their own tasks.

## Notes

- Practice Note SC GEN 23 and District Court General Practice Note 2 prohibit generative AI from generating affidavit content, and require leave before it drafts an expert report. Draw the note to the expert.
- Any affidavit is written by the lawyer. Generative AI must not generate its content.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of New South Wales, Part 10

**Deliverable**: A clause comparison settled by the lawyer, with the incapacity rule left unnamed because it was not opened.

**Inputs**

- The draft release
- The person's other claims
- Whether a party is under a legal incapacity

**Example**: Illustrative example: The deed releases the supplier and a clinic. The lawyer marks the clinic. Section 173 approval does not decide that clause. If the person lacks capacity, the lawyer looks up the compromise rule and does not cite r 7.14 for it.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The client signs before the clauses are checked.
- Rule 7.14 is cited as the settlement-approval rule.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Australian Consumer Law, s 150](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/caca2010265/sch2.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 173](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cpa2005167/s173.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 7.14](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/ucpr2005305/s7.14.html) (checked 2026-10-23)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*