Prepare a Queensland workers' compensation appeal submission
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the review decision and the medical and wage material the lawyer selects, draft a chronology and an issues list for a QIRC appeal. Do not write the grounds or the statement of facts and contentions.
- What the lawyer must review
- Confirm the appeal body under section 548A: the industrial commission, or an industrial magistrate
- An industrial magistrate hears section 107E, section 540(1)(a)(i) to (vi), and a non-reviewable decision
- Count 20 business days from the notice of the review decision, or of the reasons for a non-reviewable decision
- The lawyer settles the facts, contentions and anything filed
- Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11 and Privacy Act notification
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, appeal against a Workers' Compensation Regulator review decision
Produce. A chronology and issues list for the lawyer to use in settling a Form 9 appeal and a statement of facts and contentions.
Have ready. The Regulator's review decision and the date it was received; Lawyer-selected medical reports and wage records; The insurer's reasons.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The draft lists a disputed diagnosis as proved. The lawyer deletes it because the report only records the worker's account, and the lawyer writes the contention.
Stop and hand it back when
- The appeal period may have expired, or the correct appeal body is unclear.
- A fact in the draft has no document on the file.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the review decision and the medical and wage material the lawyer selects, draft a chronology and an issues list for a QIRC appeal. Do not write the grounds or the statement of facts and contentions. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Read the decision and confirm the appeal body under section 548A. A review decision is appealed to the QIRC against the Regulator by Form 9. An industrial magistrate hears a Regulator decision under section 107E, a Regulator decision under section 540(1)(a)(i) to (vi), or a non-reviewable decision. Serve a non-reviewable appeal on the insurer under section 550(6).
- Diary 20 business days from the day the review decision was received. The QIRC page says a Form 9 appeal is filed within that period.
- Match every fact in the draft chronology to a document the lawyer has selected. Leave medical opinions as the assessor's words.
- Before any submission is filed, name the individual practitioner who takes responsibility, under QIRC Practice Direction 1 of 2026.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCR notice of appeal (QIRC Form 9) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to QIRC Form 9, titled on the forms page as a WCR notice of appeal. |
| Appellant's statement of facts and contentions, psychiatric or psychological injury (QIRC Form 9A) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to QIRC Form 9A. |
| Application for conciliation (WorkCover WA): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the WorkCover WA Application for Conciliation. |
| Appellant's statement of facts and contentions, physical injury (QIRC Form 9B) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to QIRC Form 9B. |
| Application for arbitration (WorkCover WA): completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the WorkCover WA Application for Arbitration. |
| Review form (SIRA): ask the insurer to review a work capacity or liability decision | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to SIRA's review form. |
| Motor accidents dispute application (Personal Injury Commission Pathway) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the Personal Injury Commission's Pathway application for a motor accidents dispute, including who may apply, what the other parties can see, and the schedule of earnings for merit review. |
| Motor accidents schedule of earnings (Personal Injury Commission) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the Motor Accidents Division approved schedule of earnings for a merit review, with the weekly-benefit periods and the earnings columns the form sets out. |
| Request for a review of a New South Wales motor accident or workers compensation decision | Letter | AI use Yellow | A New South Wales letter asking a motor accident insurer for an internal review, or a workers compensation insurer for a review under section 287A. |
| Complaint to the Independent Review Office about a workers compensation or CTP insurer | Letter | AI use Yellow | Letter for a complaint to the New South Wales Independent Review Office about a workers compensation insurer or a CTP insurer, with the two pathways kept apart. |
| Covering letter for an application to review a Queensland workers' compensation decision | Letter | AI use Yellow | A covering letter for the approved application to the Workers' Compensation Regulator, with draft grounds, the documents to be considered, and a request for reasons where the notice gave none. |
| Covering letter for a Workplace Injury Commission conciliation application | Letter | AI use Yellow | Covering letter sent with a Workplace Injury Commission Application for Conciliation. |
| Application for claim review (Workers' Compensation Regulator Form 542.3) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to Form 542.3, version 6, the approved application for review under section 542, on which the applicant states the grounds and signs. |
| Workplace Injury Commission application for conciliation: completion guide | Form | AI use Yellow | Guide to the Workplace Injury Commission application for conciliation, including the 60-day period, the documents to attach, and the signature and authorisation in section 5. |
| VCAT review of a TAC decision: application completion guide | Form | AI use Red | Guide to asking VCAT to review a TAC decision, using the TAC page's 12-month period and VCAT's Application for Review of a Decision in the Review and Regulation List. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Queensland Industrial Relations Commission: Workers' compensation · 2026-10-23
- WorkSafe Queensland: Appealing a review decision · 2026-10-23
- QIRC Practice Direction 1 of 2026: Accuracy of references in submissions · 2026-10-23
A compensation conference at the QIRC is not a settlement conference. The Commission's page says no commercial settlement is possible there.
Practice Direction 1 of 2026 requires the responsible person to verify legislation and authorities. The tool's chronology is not that verification.
Medical and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9 and APP 11, and consider whether a breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).