Map a New South Wales dust damages claim onto the Tribunal process
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the diagnosis and the number of defendants, mark the asbestos claims process or the Monday Directions List at 10am within six weeks of filing. Do not copy a day from the asbestos timetable. That document was not opened.
- What the lawyer must review
- Treat malignant as mesothelioma or carcinoma only. Do not use that label for another disease.
- Send a silica claim to the Monday Directions List. The Silicosis List ended on 3 February 2025.
- Do not copy a timetable day. The timetable document was not opened.
- Do not force a non-asbestos claim into the asbestos process.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Dust Diseases Tribunal claims resolution process, and the Monday Directions List for silica
Produce. A process map for an asbestos claim or a silica claim, with no day counts.
Have ready. Diagnosis; Number of defendants; Whether the plaintiff is gravely ill.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The diagnosis is silicosis and the claim was filed after 3 February 2025. The tool marks the Monday Directions List at 10am within six weeks, and does not mark a silicosis list. The lawyer does not ask for that list.
Stop and hand it back when
- A day count is inserted.
- A silica claim is placed in the asbestos malignant timetable.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the diagnosis and the number of defendants, mark the asbestos claims process or the Monday Directions List at 10am within six weeks of filing. Do not copy a day from the asbestos timetable. That document was not opened. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- The Tribunal page says the Dust Diseases Tribunal Regulation 2019 applies the asbestos claims resolution process to all asbestos-related damages claims.
- Mesothelioma or carcinoma is malignant and follows a shortened timetable. Another asbestos disease is non-malignant and follows its own timetable. More than one defendant varies it.
- Advice to Practitioners No. 3 of 2024: the Silicosis List is abandoned from 3 February 2025. A silicosis or other silica claim is listed in the Monday Directions List at 10am within six weeks of filing.
- Section 11 says the damages proceeding may not be brought in another court. Section 11(1A) allows a contribution claim in the Tribunal, and the note says that does not prevent those proceedings in another court.
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
The Dust Diseases Tribunal practice-notes index opened on 23 October 2026 has no generative AI note. Do not treat a Supreme Court note as the Tribunal rule. Do not enter confidential information into a public tool.
A gravely ill plaintiff can apply by notice of motion, supported by an affidavit and medical evidence, to leave the usual process. The tool does not write that application.