Build the particulars table for a New South Wales personal injury pleading
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Turn the lawyer's chronology into a particulars table with a source for each row, and list the gaps. Do not write the pleading, and do not generate the content of a person's evidence.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer writes the pleading and checks every particular against a source
- Verify every citation yourself. Practice Note SC Gen 23 does not let the tool verify them
- Check whether the District Court or the Local Court has adopted that practice note
- Check which scheme notice applies. There is no single pre-court notice for every injury
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. A New South Wales personal injury proceeding in the Supreme Court, the District Court or the Local Court, or a claim that may become one
Produce. A particulars table and a gap list. Not the statement of claim.
Have ready. The chronology the lawyer has accepted; The source document and page for each fact; The scheme, if the lawyer has identified one.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The chronology has a wage figure with no payslip. The table leaves that row blank and adds it to the gap list. It does not become a paragraph of the statement of claim.
Stop and hand it back when
- The output is being pasted into the pleading or into a person's evidence.
- A time limit would be stated for a scheme the lawyer has not identified.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Turn the lawyer's chronology into a particulars table with a source for each row, and list the gaps. Do not write the pleading, and do not generate the content of a person's evidence. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Each row has a document, a page and a date. A gap is listed and is not filled.
- Practice Note SC Gen 23 paragraph 9B allows a chronology. Paragraphs 16 to 18 require the author to verify that citations exist, are accurate and are relevant, and to verify references to evidence. That verification must not be done only by the tool.
- A motor accident damages claim is a separate notice under section 6.12. Section 6.14(2) requires it within 3 years after the accident, unless the regulations change that period. The regulations were not opened.
- A statutory-benefits notice is a different notice. Section 6.12(4) requires the two notices to be given separately, and section 6.13 sets the statutory-benefits times. Do not treat one notice as the other.
- Do not put the table into a statement of a person's evidence. Paragraph 10 of Practice Note SC Gen 23 prohibits generating that content. PIC13 paragraph 12 is to the same effect in the Commission.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Treatment chronology from health records | Other | AI use Yellow | A page-cited chronology of treatment, complaints and findings drawn from health records, with a verification log. |
| UCPR Form 3A: statement of claim where the filing party is legally represented | Form | AI use Red | Link to UCPR Form 3A version 7, the statement of claim for a represented plaintiff, including the prospects certificate, the 28-day notice and the affidavit verifying. |
| UCPR Form 14: statement of particulars in personal injury proceedings | Form | AI use Red | Link to UCPR Form 14 version 2, the statement of particulars for personal injury proceedings, covering injuries, expenses, care and economic loss. |
| UCPR Form 15: statement of particulars, compensation to relatives | Form | AI use Red | Link to UCPR Form 15 version 2, the statement of particulars for compensation to relatives proceedings, including dependency and the people for whom the claim is brought. |
| WorkSafe Form A, application for common law damages: completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Guide to WorkSafe Form A for an application under section 328 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 or section 134AB(4) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985. |
| UCPR Form 30: consent to act as tutor | Form | AI use Red | Link to UCPR Form 30 version 3, the tutor's consent to act and the legal representative's certificate that the tutor has no adverse interest. |
| Dust Diseases Tribunal: lodging an asbestos-related claim | Form | AI use Red | Link to the Dust Diseases Tribunal's steps for an asbestos-related claim: UCPR Form 3A or 3B, then the Tribunal's statement of particulars with a Form 1 cover. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Supreme Court of New South Wales: Practice Note SC Gen 23 · 2026-10-23
- Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW), in force from 10 July 2026, sections 6.12, 6.13 and 6.14 · 2026-10-23
- District Court of New South Wales: General Practice Note 2, generative AI · 2026-10-23
- Local Court of New South Wales: Practice Note, generative artificial intelligence, commenced 12 January 2026 · 2026-10-23
The table is a working paper. It is not the pleading and it is not filed as the pleading.
The District Court practice note of 18 December 2024 and the Local Court practice note that commenced on 12 January 2026 both adopt Practice Note SC Gen 23.
Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. The lawyer applies ASCR r 9 and APP 11, and decides whether any breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).