Email proposed orders before a New South Wales General Civil List directions date
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- From the commencement date, list the directions date, the five-working-day email, and the topics the note says directions may cover. The tool does not write the orders.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer writes the proposed orders and signs those that are agreed.
- Email them in Word to the Common Law Registrar five working days before the directions date.
- Send orders that are not agreed as well, with a note of no more than one page.
- Do not use Practice Note SC CL 1 for an excluded list.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Supreme Court General Civil List under Practice Note SC CL 1, or the District Court General List under Practice Note 16
Produce. A deadline and topic list. The lawyer writes the proposed orders.
Have ready. The commencement date; The directions date; The points on which the parties agree.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The directions date is next Tuesday. The checklist counts five working days and finds the email is already late. The lawyer sends the Word orders the same day and prepares to attend.
Stop and hand it back when
- The proceeding is professional negligence, institutional abuse, defamation, possession, administrative law or a representative proceeding.
- The tool is asked to sign the orders.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. From the commencement date, list the directions date, the five-working-day email, and the topics the note says directions may cover. The tool does not write the orders. The tool writes nothing into the document. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human. |
| Lawyer | Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- A statement of claim commenced on or after 10 September 2026 in the General Civil List has a directions date three months from commencement. An existing matter, filed before that day, is not given that date. A proceeding that may go to default judgment is not given a directions date on filing. The Registrar sits at 9.00 am.
- By the directions date the statement of claim should have been served and any defence filed.
- Not later than five working days before, email proposed orders in Word to sc.commonlawregistrar@justice.nsw.gov.au, copying every party, with a note of no more than one page.
- Directions may cover pleadings, evidence, a single expert, discovery, interrogatories, a view, alternative dispute resolution, a schedule of damages and a transfer to the District Court.
- In the District Court, Practice Note 16 requires proposed consent orders to be served with the statement of claim. A pre-trial conference is two months after commencement.
Sources
- Supreme Court of NSW, Practice Note SC CL 1 · 2026-10-23
- District Court of NSW, Civil Practice Note 16 · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of NSW, Practice Note SC GEN 23 · 2026-10-23
Supreme Court Practice Note SC GEN 23, commenced on 3 February 2025, prohibits generative AI from generating evidentiary content, and requires prior leave before it is used to draft an expert report.
SC GEN 23 allows a chronology, an index or a witness list. No District Court generative AI practice note was opened. Practice Note 16 governs the General List.