--- title: "Check a Victorian expert report for the Form 44A code confirmation" url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-that-an-expert-report-confirms-the-expert-code-before-it-is-served/victoria" type: "task_jurisdiction_version" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "A21-LT20261023-5-VIC" practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)" tier: "yellow" lawyer_review: "required" jurisdictions: ["VIC"] last_reviewed: "2026-10-25" --- # Check a Victorian expert report for the Form 44A code confirmation > From the report the lawyer selects, quote any code confirmation and note the page, the signature and the field of expertise. The tool does not rewrite the report. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-that-an-expert-report-confirms-the-expert-code-before-it-is-served/victoria Last reviewed: 2026-10-25 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt ## 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 report the lawyer selects, quote any code confirmation and note the page, the signature and the field of expertise. The tool does not rewrite the report. | | What the lawyer must review | The lawyer decides whether the report can be served or read. Supreme Court reports are checked against Form 44A of the 2025 rules. County Court reports are checked against Form 44A of the 2018 County Court rules. Leave is required outside the served Supreme Court notices. A new County Court report after mediation needs leave. | | Written for | Victoria | | Applies to | [Check that an expert report confirms the expert code before it is served](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-that-an-expert-report-confirms-the-expert-code-before-it-is-served.md) | ## Checking plan **Verify against sources** The lawyer decides service. The tool finds the code confirmation and the missing items. - What the AI does: From the report the lawyer selects, quote any code confirmation and note the page, the signature and the field of expertise. The tool does not rewrite the report. - What the lawyer does: Decide whether the report is served and whether leave is required. - 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. Practice Note SC GEN 25 says an expert report must comply with the expert witness code and identifies Form 44A of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025. 2. County Court note PNCCV 1-2026 identifies Form 44A of the County Court Civil Procedure Rules 2018. 3. Practice Note SC CL 3 says the expert process is consistent with Part 4.6 and section 65G of the Civil Procedure Act 2010. Plaintiffs serve a notice identifying the expert evidence intended to be adduced at trial, including each expert's field of expertise. Defendants serve a responsive notice of their intended areas of expert evidence within 21 days of receiving the plaintiff's notice. Leave is required to rely at trial on expert evidence that was not the subject of that notice. 4. Where more than one party wants forensic accounting evidence, a single joint expert is expected unless the Court orders otherwise. 5. In the County Court General List there are no new medical or expert reports on damages or liability after mediation except with leave. Updated reports may be served within 28 days of trial. ## Notes - 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. - County Court practice note PNCCV 1-2026, issued on 5 June 2026, is to the same effect and cites Form 44A of the County Court Civil Procedure Rules 2018. ## Practical guide Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of Victoria personal injury lists, or the County Court General List **Deliverable**: A code-confirmation checklist marked to the pages of the report. **Inputs** - The report - The expert notices already served - The mediation date and the trial date **Example**: Illustrative example: The report is signed but contains no code confirmation. The checklist marks Form 44A. The lawyer decides whether it can be served. **Stop and escalate when** - The report is not the document the expert signed. - The tool is asked to add a code confirmation the expert has not given. Checked 2026-10-23. ## Sources - [Supreme Court of Victoria, Practice Note SC GEN 25](https://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/areas/legal-resources/practice-notes/sc-gen-25-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence-by-court-users) (checked 2026-10-23) - [County Court of Victoria, PNCCV 1-2026](https://www.countycourt.vic.gov.au/files/documents/2026-06/use-artificial-intelligence-court-users-practice-note.docx) (checked 2026-10-23) - [Supreme Court of Victoria, Practice Note SC CL 3, section 6.B](https://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-06/SC%20CL%203%20-%20Personal%20Injuries%20Litigation.pdf) (checked 2026-10-23) - [County Court of Victoria, Common Law Division Practice Note, paragraphs 22.7 and 22.8](https://www.countycourt.vic.gov.au/files/documents/2026-02/common-law-division-practice-note-pncld-feb-2026_0.docx) (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.*