Draft a Queensland demand that follows the right pre-court Act
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the approved chronology and schedule, draft a letter or particulars that names the applicable Queensland Act, the recipient and only the heads the schedule supports.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act, the Motor Accident Insurance Act or chapter 5 applies
- Check names, dates and that the letter stays separate from the notice or claim form
- Do not claim a head the applicable scheme excludes
Rules that apply
The document starts from the task name. Change it if this piece of work is different.
The work product
Forum. Queensland plaintiff personal injury. The lawyer identifies the Act before the letter is sent.
Produce. A letter or particulars the other side can receive, after the lawyer settles the demand.
Have ready. Approved chronology and schedule of loss; Identity of the recipient and the Act that applies; Client instructions on the demand.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The draft asks for care that the schedule does not list. The lawyer removes that head before the letter is sent. The letter is not used as the notice of claim.
Stop and hand it back when
- The Act is not identified.
- The draft adds a head, a date or a party the schedule does not support.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the approved chronology and schedule, draft a letter or particulars that names the applicable Queensland Act, the recipient and only the heads the schedule supports. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Apply section 6 first. A Motor Accident Insurance Act injury, and damages against an employer regulated by chapter 5, are outside the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act. A claim against another person for the same work injury can still be inside it. Dust-related conditions are outside it.
- Draft only from the approved chronology and schedule. Name the recipient: the proposed respondent, the CTP insurer, or the workers' compensation insurer and employer as the case requires.
- Keep the letter separate from a section 9 notice, a section 37 notice of accident claim, and a section 275 notice of claim for damages.
- If a proceeding is already on foot, the lawyer settles the particulars. The tool does not invent a rule number for them.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter to an occupier and its insurer: notice of an injury and a liability response | Letter | AI use Yellow | A plaintiff firm's letter telling an occupier and its public liability insurer about an injury, asking for the insurer's details and a liability response, and asking that footage and incident documents be kept. |
| Schedule of damages for a personal injury claim | Court document | AI use Yellow | Heads of damage for a plaintiff claim, with the Victorian, Queensland and New South Wales limits, in a form that can be adapted to a Queensland statement of loss and damage. |
| Letter of claim to a public health service, including an initial notice | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter of claim to a public health service. |
| Dependency calculation after a wrongful death | Court document | AI use Yellow | A calculation of each dependant's loss of financial support after a wrongful death, with the classes of claimant in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, and the funeral head where the statute provides for it. |
| Letter to an institution about a claim for abuse of a child | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter telling an institution that a person intends to claim for abuse suffered as a child, covering the limitation position and the proper-defendant rules in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. |
| Response to an insurer's denial of liability | Letter | AI use Yellow | A letter identifying an insurer's denial, stating the facts the client disputes, asking for reconsideration, and listing documents still missing. |
| Response to a request for particulars in a personal injury proceeding | Letter | AI use Yellow | A letter answering a request for particulars of a personal injury pleading, with the Victorian bodily-injury items and the different filing rules in Queensland and New South Wales. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld), current reprint · 2026-10-23
- Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld), current reprint · 2026-10-23
- Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld), current reprint · 2026-10-23
- Queensland Law Society Guidance Statement No. 37 · 2026-10-23
Supreme Court Practice Direction 5 of 2025 and District Court Practice Direction 12 of 2025 require the practitioner to check the accuracy of anything later filed. A letter to another party is still checked before it is sent.
Guidance Statement No. 37 says a practitioner should take reasonable steps so an AI tool does not misuse confidential data, and should be very hesitant to allow that access where the terms do not protect confidentiality. The Queensland Courts page, not the guidance statement, says not to put private or confidential information into a public chatbot.