Check the Victorian path into the Institutional Liability List
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the defendant and the cause the lawyer has named, record whether a proceeding has been issued and whether any summons is proposed. Do not decide that no other Act could require a notice.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether this proceeding should be in the Institutional Liability List.
- Check the named cause for a pre-court notice before this list is treated as the only step.
- A summons may be returnable on a sitting Friday more than seven days ahead.
- Keep the file in the firm's system. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply.
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 of Victoria, Institutional Liability List, under Practice Note SC CL 3.
Produce. A note of whether the lawyer has selected that list, and of any summons already proposed.
Have ready. The cause the lawyer has named; Whether a proceeding has been issued; Any proposed summons and its return date.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: A summons is to be filed on a Monday for the Friday of the same week. The tool records that the Friday is not more than seven days ahead. The lawyer chooses a later sitting Friday.
Stop and hand it back when
- The cause may be a work or transport claim with its own notice.
- The County Court list is being described from the failed page.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Do not begin AI assistance until the responsible lawyer has defined and confirmed its permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- The table of provisions of the Wrongs Act 1958 that was opened contains the organisational-duty and non-economic-loss Parts. It does not contain a compulsory pre-court notice of claim.
- Proceedings which the Supreme Court says should be in the Institutional Liability List are managed under Practice Note SC CL 3. Paragraph 7.1 says interlocutory applications are generally heard on Fridays during sitting terms by a judicial registrar, an associate judge, or a judge. It does not put every directions hearing before a judicial registrar alone.
- A party does not need a return date from the registry. A summons may be made returnable on any sitting Friday more than seven days ahead. The list email is institutional.liability@supcourt.vic.gov.au.
- This does not say there is no notice step in some other Act. The lawyer still checks the cause. The County Court list page was not usable and is not described.
Sources
- Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic), table of provisions · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of Victoria, Institutional Liability List · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of Victoria news page on Practice Note SC Gen 25 · 2026-10-23
The list page names the judges in charge. Confirm the page before relying on who is in charge.
If this is used in a Supreme Court document, the Court's news page on Practice Note SC Gen 25 says court users are responsible for the content whether or not they used AI.