---
title: "Index a NSW conviction and keep a restitution figure out of the victim's column"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/index-the-conviction-plea-and-sentence-remarks-for-a-civil-assault-claim/new-south-wales"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-VC20261023-2-NSW"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Index a NSW conviction and keep a restitution figure out of the victim's column

> 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.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/index-the-conviction-plea-and-sentence-remarks-for-a-civil-assault-claim/new-south-wales  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## 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 | 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. |
| Written for | New South Wales |
| Applies to | [Index the conviction, plea and sentence remarks for a civil assault claim](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/index-the-conviction-plea-and-sentence-remarks-for-a-civil-assault-claim.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer decides what may be used in the civil claim. The tool indexes the criminal record and labels any restitution figure.

- What the AI does: 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 does: Decide what from the criminal record may be used, and how a restitution figure is labelled.
- 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. Index the court, the date, the offence as charged, and the plea.
2. The opened pages do not set out a sentencing-court order that the offender pay personal-injury compensation to the victim.
3. 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.
4. 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.

## Notes

- 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.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: New South Wales criminal record used in a civil assault claim, and NCAT restitution

**Deliverable**: A page-referenced table of the verdict, the plea and the remarks, with any restitution figure labelled as a State recovery.

**Inputs**

- Verdict, plea and sentencing remarks
- Any restitution document
- Procedural Direction 7

**Example**: 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 escalate 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.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [NCAT: Victims recognition payments or restitution orders](https://ncat.nsw.gov.au/case-types/administrative-review-and-regulation/victims-recognition-or-restitution-payments.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [NCAT Procedural Direction 7: Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence](https://ncat.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/dcj/ctsd/ncat/documents/procedural-directions/ncat-pd7-use-of-generative-ai.pdf) (checked 2026-10-23)

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