Check a Queensland expert report against the expert code
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the final expert report, table the stated facts, reasons, qualifications, literature, inspections and the code confirmation. List any schedule 1C item that is missing, and copy any sentence in which the report itself mentions a generative tool. Do not rewrite the opinion.
- What the lawyer must review
- The expert's duty is to assist the court, and the expert is not an advocate.
- Ask the expert to fix a missing code item. The opinion stays the expert's.
- The code opened has no generative-tool clause. Do not invent one.
- Use a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11 and any notifiable breach.
Rules that apply
The document starts from the task name. Change it if this piece of work is different.
The work product
Forum. Supreme Court or District Court of Queensland, civil personal injury proceeding
Produce. A schedule 1C review table and a list of assumptions the records do not support.
Have ready. Final expert report; Letter of instruction; Records the expert was given; Any court direction on expert evidence.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The report gives a diagnosis but does not list the imaging it used. The table marks schedule 1C clause 8(2)(b) as missing. It does not supply the missing facts.
Stop and hand it back when
- The report is a draft the expert has not signed.
- Filling a gap would mean writing the expert's opinion.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the final expert report, table the stated facts, reasons, qualifications, literature, inspections and the code confirmation. List any schedule 1C item that is missing, and copy any sentence in which the report itself mentions a generative tool. Do not rewrite the opinion. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the report is addressed to the court and signed.
- Check that the facts the opinion uses are stated, and compare them with the records.
- Check the code confirmation in schedule 1C clause 8(4), including the duty to the court.
- Record any generative-tool sentence that is actually in the report, and nothing more.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter of instruction to an orthopaedic surgeon | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter asking an orthopaedic surgeon for diagnosis, causation, capacity and prognosis in a plaintiff claim, with the expert code and artificial intelligence rule for Victoria, Queensland or New South Wales. |
| Letter of instruction to a psychiatrist | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter asking a psychiatrist for diagnosis, causation, treatment and capacity in a plaintiff claim, and for a clinical view on recognised psychiatric illness, without asking for the legal test. |
| Letter of instruction to an occupational therapist on care | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter asking an occupational therapist to record care hours, duration, paid and gratuitous help, aids and equipment, without applying a damages threshold or valuing the claim. |
| Letter of instruction to a forensic accountant | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter asking a forensic accountant to calculate past and future loss of earning capacity on stated assumptions, with the discount rate, percentage and superannuation rate left for the lawyer. |
| Letter of instruction to an engineer | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter asking an engineer for the condition, the mechanism and the available precautions in a plaintiff claim, with the precautions section named by the lawyer and no conclusion on negligence. |
| Psychiatrist's instructions on a recognised psychiatric illness | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter asking a psychiatrist whether there is a recognised psychiatric illness for a mental harm claim, without asking the psychiatrist to apply the statutory tests. |
| Letter of instruction to a vocational assessor | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter asking a vocational assessor for realistic occupations, hours and sourced earnings, without a diagnosis, an impairment score or a valuation. |
| Questions for a treating doctor | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter asking a treating doctor for the dates, recorded diagnosis, treatment and certificates, with a separate opinion section that is sent only if the expert code is enclosed. |
| Agenda for a conference of experts | Letter | AI use Yellow | Note to experts after a direction to confer, setting the arrangements and the issues, and stating the joint-report rule in Victoria, Queensland or New South Wales. |
| Letter of instruction to an actuary on future loss | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter asking an actuary to value future earnings and future treatment streams on the lawyer's assumptions, with the rate, percentage and life table left blank. |
| Supplementary questions after an expert report | Letter | AI use Yellow | Short letter sending further documents and asking whether the expert's opinion on a material matter has changed, with the supplementary-report duty for each state. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) schedule 1C · 2026-10-23
- Queensland Courts: using generative AI · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of Queensland Practice Direction 5 of 2025 · 2026-10-23
Health, wage and benefit records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether a disclosure is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Schedule 1C applies to an expert appointed to give opinion evidence in a proceeding. Rule 429F, as cited in the code, requires compliance. Queensland Courts directs criminal expert evidence to Supreme Court Practice Direction 14 of 2024, paragraph 16(l). That direction was not the civil code.
If the product is used in a Supreme Court submission, Practice Direction 5 of 2025 requires the named practitioner to verify every reference. District Court Practice Direction 12 of 2025 is the matching direction opened for that court.