Index a NSW conviction and keep a restitution figure out of the victim's column
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the verdict, the plea and the sentencing remarks the lawyer supplies, build a table with the date, the court, the offence as charged, the plea, and the page of each extract. If a restitution figure is on the file, label it as money the State seeks from the offender. Do not write a narrative and do not prepare anything that is filed.
- What the lawyer must review
- Check each row against the page named before it is used in the civil claim
- Do not treat a conviction or a plea as the civil pleading.
- Do not index a restitution figure as an order that the victim be paid
- Use a firm-controlled tool for health records. ASCR r 9, APP 11 and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) apply.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. New South Wales criminal record used in a civil assault claim, and NCAT restitution
Produce. A page-referenced table of the verdict, the plea and the remarks, with any restitution figure labelled as a State recovery.
Have ready. Verdict, plea and sentencing remarks; Any restitution document; Procedural Direction 7.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: A restitution order requires the offender to pay the State $5,000. The table labels it as a State recovery. It does not place $5,000 in a column of money the victim has received.
Stop and hand it back when
- The remarks are incomplete, so a page cannot be cited.
- A document looks like an order in the victim's favour and has not been read.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the verdict, the plea and the sentencing remarks the lawyer supplies, build a table with the date, the court, the offence as charged, the plea, and the page of each extract. If a restitution figure is on the file, label it as money the State seeks from the offender. Do not write a narrative and do not prepare anything that is filed. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Index the court, the date, the offence as charged, and the plea.
- The opened pages do not set out a sentencing-court order that the offender pay personal-injury compensation to the victim.
- The NCAT page deals with a restitution order against a defendant. The defendant may ask NCAT to review it after lodging a written objection. That is the State seeking repayment from the offender.
- Index a restitution decision as a State recovery step. Do not index it as a victim compensation order unless the document itself is an order in the victim's favour.
Sources
- NCAT: Victims recognition payments or restitution orders · 2026-10-23
- NCAT Procedural Direction 7: Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence · 2026-10-23
Sentencing remarks often contain health information. Keep them in a firm-controlled tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply, and a breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Nothing in this index is filed.
Procedural Direction 7 allows an index. It must not generate the content of evidence. This table is an index.