Build a past economic loss table from pay and tax records
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the pay and tax records the lawyer has accepted, the firm-controlled tool builds a week-by-week table of net earnings lost and leaves a week blank where no record supports it. It does not write a schedule that will be filed or served.
- What the lawyer must review
- You accept each week of net earnings from the pay and tax records.
- You decide whether a week is lost, and you apply the cap after the net loss is set.
- Use a firm-controlled tool. Wage, tax and care records are confidential under ASCR r 9 and APP 11.
- Decide whether a breach would be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: VICNSWQLD
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the pay and tax records the lawyer has accepted, the firm-controlled tool builds a week-by-week table of net earnings lost and leaves a week blank where no record supports it. It does not write a schedule that will be filed or served. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Start from net earnings. Do not treat a gross pay figure as the loss.
- Leave a week blank where the pay or tax record does not support it.
- Apply the weekly cap only after the net loss is set, and only if that cap applies to this claim.
- Keep this table separate from the whole damages or statutory-entitlements schedule.
Sources
- Fox v Wood [1981] HCA 41 · 2026-10-23
- Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s 28A · 2026-10-23
- Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 12 · 2026-10-23
- Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s 28F · 2026-10-23
- Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld) s 54 · 2026-10-23
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.
If a figure is copied into a document filed in court, the lawyer checks that court's generative-AI practice note. The opened notes are the New South Wales Supreme Court page for Practice Note SC Gen 23, the Victorian Supreme Court news page for Practice Note SC Gen 25, and the Law Society of NSW court-protocols page. The practice-direction PDFs were not opened.