---
title: "Build the fall chronology against the section 5B precautions test"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-the-hazard-and-inspection-chronology-for-a-premises-fall/new-south-wales"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-PL20261023-2-NSW"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Build the fall chronology against the section 5B precautions test

> From the incident report, photographs and inspection or cleaning records the lawyer marks, list each hazard, inspection and earlier complaint with the date and the document.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the incident report, photographs and inspection or cleaning records the lawyer marks, list each hazard, inspection and earlier complaint with the date and the document. Do not write a medical chronology or the client's account. |
| What the lawyer must review | Use a date only when the named document shows it. Section 5B has no definition of an insignificant risk. Do not borrow one. Keep health and wage records in a firm-controlled tool, not a public one. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. Decide if a breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). |
| Written for | New South Wales |
| Applies to | [Build the hazard and inspection chronology for a premises fall](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-the-hazard-and-inspection-chronology-for-a-premises-fall.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The chronology answers section 5B(1) and the four considerations in section 5B(2).

- What the AI does: From the incident report, photographs and inspection or cleaning records the lawyer marks, list each hazard, inspection and earlier complaint with the date and the document. Do not write a medical chronology or the client's account.
- What the lawyer does: Make the legal assessment, check the source material and authorise the output for its intended use.
- 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. Tie each hazard, inspection and earlier complaint to a document and a date.
2. Record the section 5B(1) questions: knew or ought to have known, not insignificant, and precautions a reasonable person in that position would have taken.
3. Use section 5B(2): probability, likely seriousness, burden and social utility.
4. Do not answer a road or footpath non-feasance question with this chronology.

## Notes

- Section 5B does not contain a definition of insignificant risks. A non-feasance question about a road or footpath is a different task.
- If this is filed in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Practice Note SC Gen 23, issued on 28 January 2025 and commenced on 3 February 2025, bars generative AI from the content of an affidavit or witness statement, and from an expert report without prior leave, subject to paragraph 23.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: New South Wales. A premises-fall chronology for section 5B.

**Deliverable**: A dated hazard and inspection chronology against section 5B.

**Inputs**

- Incident report and photographs
- Inspection or cleaning records the lawyer marks

**Example**: Illustrative example: Two cleaning entries have dates and one photograph has none. The chronology uses the two dated entries and does not date the photograph.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The question is non-feasance on a road or footpath.
- A cited date is not on the document.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) section 5B](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cla2002161/s5b.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Supreme Court of NSW Practice Note SC Gen 23](https://supremecourt.nsw.gov.au/practice-procedure/generative-artificial-intelligence.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.*