Apply the statutory table for non-economic loss damages
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Once the lawyer has stated a percentage of a most extreme case, set out the statutory steps for damages for non-economic loss and calculate the table result from that percentage. Show the rounding. Do not choose the percentage. The lawyer names the statute. Where it is the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), the steps and the table are s 16, and the maximum used in the calculation is the indexed maximum the lawyer supplies.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides the severity as a proportion of a most extreme case and confirms the indexed maximum before the figure is used. Section 16(2) states a maximum of $350,000. The note to the section says that maximum is indexed each year under s 17. The lawyer uses the indexed amount, not the figure printed in s 16(2), unless the lawyer has confirmed that the printed figure is the current maximum. Section 17 was not opened. The lawyer writes any damages schedule that will be served. Other jurisdictions are checked on their own Act.
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: NSWQLDVIC
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes organising research leads and extracting and organising information. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Trace every relied-on figure to its source, confirm dates and assumptions, and independently recalculate totals or derived amounts.
- Verify the applicable jurisdiction and the version of each relevant law, rule or instrument in force at the material time.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schedule of damages for a personal injury claim | Court document | AI use Yellow | Heads of damage for a plaintiff claim, with the Victorian, Queensland and New South Wales limits, in a form that can be adapted to a Queensland statement of loss and damage. |
| Non-economic loss workings | Other | AI use Yellow | Workings for pain and suffering and loss of amenities: the Victorian threshold and gazetted cap, the Queensland injury scale for 2026–27, and the New South Wales proportion of a most extreme case. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.