---
title: "Prepare Queensland compulsory-conference settlement inputs"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/draft-a-settlement-advice-and-conference-paper/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-T1-R10-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Prepare Queensland compulsory-conference settlement inputs

> Set out the range, the outstanding evidence and the mandatory-final-offer steps from the lawyer's instructions. Do not choose the offer.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/draft-a-settlement-advice-and-conference-paper/queensland  
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 | Set out the range, the outstanding evidence and the mandatory-final-offer steps from the lawyer's instructions. Do not choose the offer. |
| What the lawyer must review | You make the recommendation and any mandatory final offer Check the section 36 timing and the 14 days the offer must stay open Where section 6 takes the claim outside the Act, use that scheme's own pre-court step |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Draft a settlement advice and conference paper](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/draft-a-settlement-advice-and-conference-paper.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer recommends the range and makes any mandatory final offer. Dollar offer limits are not stated here.

- What the AI does: Set out the range, the outstanding evidence and the mandatory-final-offer steps from the lawyer's instructions. Do not choose the offer.
- What the lawyer does: Make the legal assessment, check the source material and authorise the output for its intended use.
- 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. Before a proceeding, section 36 requires a compulsory conference. The relevant day is set by section 36(3), commonly six months after a complying part 1 notice, with further timing if there is more than one respondent or a section 12 notice. The parties may dispense with the conference for good reason. The court may fix or dispense with it.
2. At least seven days before, section 37 requires the remaining documents, a signed verification statement, representation details and a signed certificate of readiness. The certificate's costs statement covers the three cost outcomes in section 37(4)(c).
3. If the claim does not settle, section 39 requires mandatory final offers at the conference, or within 14 days if the conference is dispensed with. Section 40: an offer at or under the upper offer limit is exclusive of costs; a denial of liability is still an offer of nil; the offer stays open for 14 days and no proceeding is started while it is open.
4. Do not insert a dollar figure for the upper or lower offer limit. The regulation stating those limits was not opened. Section 42 timing is for the lawyer to read before a proceeding is started.

## Notes

- This version states the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act conference. It does not state a conference rule under the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act or the Motor Accident Insurance Act. Where section 6 excludes the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act, the lawyer uses the step in the Act that applies.
- The advice goes to the client. If a submission is later filed, Practice Direction 5 of 2025 or Practice Direction 12 of 2025 applies. The certificate of readiness is signed by the party, or by the practitioner if the party has legal representation.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Queensland claims that remain inside the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002. The lawyer checks section 6 first.

**Deliverable**: Settlement inputs and a conference checklist for the lawyer's recommendation to the client.

**Inputs**

- Lawyer's instructions on best, worst and likely outcomes
- Outstanding evidence
- Whether section 6 excludes the Act

**Example**: Illustrative example: The draft recommends a figure. The lawyer replaces it with the range the client was advised on, and makes the mandatory final offer. The draft figure is not sent.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The output chooses the offer or a percentage of liability.
- Section 6 has not been checked.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld), sections 36 to 40](https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/current/act-2002-024) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Supreme Court of Queensland Practice Direction 5 of 2025](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/889148/sc-pd-5-pf-2025.pdf) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Queensland Law Society Guidance Statement No. 37](https://www.qls.com.au/practising-law-in-qld/ethics/guidance-statements/no-37-artificial-intelligence-in-legal-practice) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Offer of compromise in personal injury proceedings (UCPR r 20.26, NSW), with covering letter](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/offer-of-compromise-personal-injury-nsw.md) | Notice | Yellow | Plaintiff's or defendant's formal offer of compromise under r 20.26 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), with the mandatory contents, the acceptance period, and a covering letter… |
| [Deed of release for a personal injury damages claim](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/personal-injury-deed-of-release.md) | Deed | Yellow | Deed of release for a personal injury damages claim in Victoria, Queensland or New South Wales, conditional on sanction or approval where the claimant cannot give a binding release. |
| [Mandatory final offer under the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-pipa-mandatory-final-offer.md) | Notice | Yellow | The claimant's mandatory final offer under sections 39 and 40 of the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld).… |
| [Offer of compromise in a personal injury proceeding (Order 26, Victoria)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/vic-offer-of-compromise-personal-injury.md) | Notice | Yellow | Plaintiff offer of compromise for a Victorian personal injury claim. If the plaintiff beats the offer, rule 26.08(2)(a) gives the plaintiff's costs of the claim taxed on an indemnity basis unless… |
| [Settlement advice letter before a personal injury release is signed](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/personal-injury-settlement-advice-letter.md) | Letter | Yellow | Letter to the injured person before a personal injury settlement is signed, with blanks for the lawyer's view on liability, the ranges, the recommendation, and the costs figures required before… |
| [Mandatory final offer under the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-motor-accident-mandatory-final-offer.md) | Notice | Yellow | The claimant's mandatory final offer under section 51C of the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld). It stays open for 14 days. |
| [Offer to settle a personal injury proceeding (UCPR rr 353, 355, 357 and 360, Queensland)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-offer-to-settle-personal-injury.md) | Notice | Yellow | Plaintiff offer to settle a Queensland personal injury proceeding under UCPR r 353.… |
| [Authority to accept a personal injury settlement](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/authority-to-accept-personal-injury-settlement.md) | Letter | Yellow | Written instructions from a client who can give them, authorising the firm to accept a stated personal injury settlement after the advice letter.… |
| [Without-prejudice Calderbank letter (Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/calderbank-letter-personal-injury.md) | Letter | Yellow | A without-prejudice letter offering to settle a personal injury claim, with a statement that the plaintiff will rely on it on costs if the offer is not accepted. It is not a rules offer. |
| [Medicare compensation recovery checklist before settling a personal injury claim](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/medicare-compensation-recovery-settlement-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist for Medicare compensation recovery when a personal injury claim settles or goes to judgment: the $5,000 threshold, the notice of past benefits (form MO026), the payer's 28-day notice, and… |
| [Written final offer for a Queensland WorkCover damages claim (s 292)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-workcover-damages-written-final-offer.md) | Notice | Yellow | The claimant's written final offer under section 292 of the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld). It stays open for 10 business days. |
| [Index for a personal-injury demand package](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/us-demand-package-index.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A contents list for a demand a lawyer sends after records are in. Every dollar on it has to come from a document in the package. It is not a statement of the law of damages. |
| [Law practice certificate for a Queensland CTP claim (MAIC)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-qld-maic-law-practice-certificate.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the MAIC law practice certificate page. Section 36B requires the supervising principal to sign the certificate and verify it by statutory declaration. |
| [Mediation position paper in a personal injury claim](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/mediation-position-paper-personal-injury.md) | Memo | Yellow | A working outline for the plaintiff's mediation position paper in a personal injury claim. It is not a prescribed form, and it is not the joint memorandum filed later in the Supreme Court of Victoria. |
| [Settlement offer and assessment-conference paper for a NSW motor accident damages claim](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/nsw-motor-accident-settlement-offer.md) | Letter | Yellow | The claimant's written settlement offer on a damages claim under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW), and a short paper for the Commission assessment conference.… |
| [Settlement distribution statement for a personal injury claim](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/personal-injury-settlement-distribution-statement.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Statement the client receives showing the gross personal injury settlement, the costs, the disbursements and the statutory amounts the lawyer has sourced, and the resulting net sum. |
| [Mediation paper and final offer for a NSW work injury damages claim](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/nsw-work-injury-damages-mediation-paper.md) | Memo | Yellow | The worker's statement of issues for a Personal Injury Commission mediation of a work injury damages claim, and the final offer recorded if the claim does not settle.… |
| [Index for a personal injury settlement conference brief](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/settlement-conference-brief-index.md) | Checklist | Yellow | An index of the solicitor's brief for a settlement conference or mediation in a personal injury claim, with the attendance rules taken from the practice notes that were opened. |
| [Checklist for setting aside an earlier settlement of a child-abuse claim](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/checklist-set-aside-child-abuse-settlement.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A lawyer's list of the statutory grounds for asking a court to set aside an earlier settlement of a child-abuse claim in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. It is an issues list, not evidence. |
| [Form 5C: commutation determination for a legally incapacitated worker](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-nsw-pic-form-5c-commutation.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Personal Injury Commission's Form 5C for a commutation determination where the worker is legally incapacitated, including the SIRA certificate the form requires. |
| [TAC common law application form (Common Law Protocol 2026): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-tac-common-law-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Guide to the TAC form used after a proactive or fast track serious injury grant, which must be sent before a common law conference is arranged. |
| [Conference paper and offer under the TAC Common Law Protocol 2026](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/vic-tac-common-law-conference-paper.md) | Memo | Yellow | The client's paper and written offer for a serious injury conference or a common law damages conference under the TAC Common Law Protocol 2026.… |
| [Matter closure checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/firm-matter-closure-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Closing a plaintiff injury file: the settlement costs disclosure was given before execution, the bill, scheme steps, tool copies, trust money, and a risk assessment before any destruction. |
| [Statutory counter offer before a Victorian serious injury damages proceeding](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/vic-worksafe-statutory-counter-offer.md) | Letter | Yellow | The worker's statutory counter offer under section 333 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic).… |
| [Settlement sanction for a person under a legal disability (District Court PD 6 of 2018)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-qld-sanction-child-or-disability.md) | Form | Red | Link to District Court Practice Direction 6 of 2018, which applies Supreme Court Practice Direction 15 of 2018, paragraphs 3 to 12, and annexes a Form 59 order.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*