Check a Victorian key documents file against Practice Note SC CL 3
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the proposed index, flag a medical record, a tax document, a superseded pleading, a service document and a duplicate. The tool does not decide what is tendered.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides what is given to the trial judge.
- Do not treat a document left out of the file as unable to be tendered.
- Do not include medical records or tax documents as a matter of course.
- Treat a County Court eCourtBook as a separate set of requirements.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Supreme Court of Victoria personal injury lists, or a County Court eCourtBook under the Common Law Division practice note
Produce. A marked index of the proposed file.
Have ready. The proposed index; The court; The final directions orders.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The index includes the tax returns and an old statement of claim. The checklist flags both. The lawyer removes them unless the judge has asked for them.
Stop and hand it back when
- The index cannot be opened against the documents.
- The tool is asked to tender a document.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the proposed index, flag a medical record, a tax document, a superseded pleading, a service document and a duplicate. The tool does not decide what is tendered. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- The file should help the judge before the trial. It should not resemble a traditional court book.
- As a guide it may include the current pleadings, the joint memorandum, relevant submissions, significant orders and critical documents a party anticipates tendering.
- It should not, as a matter of course, include overarching obligations certificates, prior versions of pleadings, affidavits of service, medical records or tax documents.
- The electronic file is one fully text-searchable PDF, bookmarked, with page numbers that match the viewer. Documents to be shown to a witness go in a separate bundle.
- A County Court eCourtBook is, wherever possible, an agreed joint text-searchable PDF, filed by 12 noon on the weekday before trial. A book over 20 MB is sent by a file-sharing link.
Sources
- Supreme Court of Victoria, Practice Note SC CL 3, paragraphs 10.7 to 10.15 · 2026-10-23
- County Court of Victoria, Common Law Division Practice Note, paragraphs 8.18 to 8.24 · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of Victoria, Practice Note SC GEN 25 · 2026-10-23
Practice Note SC GEN 25, issued on 14 May 2026, covers Supreme Court documents, including pleadings, submissions and expert reports. Do not put confidential or sensitive material into a public AI tool.
Interrogatories and answers included in the key documents file must comply with rule 30.06(3) of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025.