Map a dust damages claim onto the pre-hearing claims process
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- In a firm-controlled tool, from the diagnosis and the number of defendants, mark which opened pre-hearing process applies and which steps the sources do not state. The tool does not write the originating process.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer chooses the process and the forum.
- Do not copy a timetable day that was not opened.
- A silica claim uses the ordinary directions list. The silicosis list ended on 3 February 2025.
- Confirm a non-asbestos dust claim is outside the asbestos claims process.
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: NSWVICQLD
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Do not begin AI assistance until the responsible lawyer has defined and confirmed its permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm an asbestos claim is marked malignant or non-malignant from the diagnosis, with no day count.
- Confirm a silica claim is not placed in a silicosis list.
- Confirm a Queensland dust claim is not given a pre-court step from the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002.
- Confirm the Victorian map follows the list page on when a summons for directions is not needed.
Sources
- Dust Diseases Tribunal: the claims resolution process · 2026-10-23
- Advice to Practitioners No. 3 of 2024: Silicosis List abandoned · 2026-10-23
- Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 (NSW) s 11 · 2026-10-23
- Practice Note SC CL 3 Personal Injuries Litigation · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of Victoria Dust Diseases List · 2026-10-23
- Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) s 6 · 2026-10-23
- WorkCover Queensland: making a common law claim · 2026-10-23
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.
Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note SC GEN 25 was issued and commences on 14 May 2026. Do not enter confidential or sensitive information into a public AI tool. Evidence must be in the person's own knowledge and words.
The Dust Diseases Tribunal practice-notes index opened on 23 October 2026 has no generative AI note. Do not treat a Supreme Court generative AI note as the Tribunal rule. Do not enter confidential information into a public tool.
Queensland courts say not to enter private, confidential, suppressed or privileged information into a public generative AI chatbot. For submissions, lawyers follow Supreme Court Practice Direction 5 of 2025 or District Court Practice Direction 12 of 2025. Those directions were not opened beyond the courts page.