Build a Victorian dust-disease chronology for the Dust Diseases List
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- Extract a dated chronology of exposure, diagnosis and scheme steps from the records for a Victorian dust-disease matter. Do not decide the pathway and do not write a court document.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether section 23AB applies. The dust definition was not opened.
- Decide the List steps and whether a statutory path also exists.
- The tool extracts the chronology. It writes nothing for the Court.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Victoria: Supreme Court Dust Diseases List, and any related statutory dust claim
Produce. A source-linked chronology and a list of open pathway questions, with no court document.
Have ready. Exposure and employment records; Diagnosis; Any statutory claim documents; Whether a proceeding is contemplated.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The records show exposure with two employers and a later diagnosis. The tool dates each source. The lawyer decides whether section 23AB applies and whether the matter is entered in the Dust Diseases List. Nothing is prepared for filing.
Stop and hand it back when
- The output would be filed, or would decide that section 23AB applies.
- The dust definition is about to be assumed without being opened.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. Extract a dated chronology of exposure, diagnosis and scheme steps from the records for a Victorian dust-disease matter. Do not decide the pathway and do not write a court document. The tool writes nothing into the document. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human. |
| Lawyer | Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- Build the chronology from source pages: exposure, employer, diagnosis, and any statutory claim. Do not add a medical conclusion.
- The Supreme Court Dust Diseases List manages all proceedings in which a plaintiff alleges a dust related condition. After appearance the Court issues a timetable. A summons for directions is not needed. Trial management directions are usually two to three weeks after mediation and can be on the papers if the timetable is met.
- Friday directions are before a Judicial Registrar, other than non-sitting dates. A summons may be returnable on any Friday more than seven days ahead without a registry return date. The list email on the page is dust.diseases@supcourt.vic.gov.au.
- Section 27B(2)(d) takes Part IIA off a dust-related condition as defined in the Administration and Probate Act 1958. Section 23AB can remove the limitation period for a worker or dependants in the actions it names. The definition was not opened. The lawyer decides whether it applies.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authorities to trace a dust client's employment and the former employers' insurers | Letter | AI use Yellow | Authorities the client signs so the firm can ask former employers, and the New South Wales, Victorian and Queensland compensation bodies, for employment history and the insurer or claim file. |
| Letter to a former employer: employment history and the workers compensation insurer | Letter | AI use Yellow | A letter asking a former employer for the client's dates, job, sites, dust products, and the workers compensation insurer or self-insurer for those years. |
| Product identification letter for an asbestos or engineered-stone claim | Letter | AI use Yellow | A letter asking an employer, occupier, supplier or manufacturer to identify an asbestos product or an engineered-stone benchtop, panel or slab from its records. |
| Outline notice of motion to take a gravely ill plaintiff's evidence early | Court document | AI use Red | An outline notice of motion in the Dust Diseases Tribunal to remove an asbestos claim from the usual claims process and to take the plaintiff's evidence under section 24. |
| Dust Diseases Care eligibility checklist for a statutory application | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Checklist for a Dust Diseases Care eligibility screen: a covered diagnosis, exposure while employed in New South Wales, and a resulting disability. |
| Request to preserve employment, product and insurance records in a dust claim | Letter | AI use Yellow | A request that an employer, occupier, supplier or manufacturer keep employment, site, product and workers compensation insurance records while a dust claim is investigated. |
| Treatment chronology from health records | Other | AI use Yellow | A page-cited chronology of treatment, complaints and findings drawn from health records, with a verification log. |
| Request for an urgent hearing where the plaintiff is gravely ill | Letter | AI use Yellow | A letter asking for an urgent hearing where the plaintiff is gravely ill. |
| Dust Diseases Care application (icare): care, support or lung screening | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to icare's Dust Diseases Care application for care and support or lung screening, including the portal groups and the declaration the applicant checks before submitting. |
| Dust Diseases Tribunal: lodging an asbestos-related claim | Form | AI use Red | Link to the Dust Diseases Tribunal's steps for an asbestos-related claim: UCPR Form 3A or 3B, then the Tribunal's statement of particulars with a Form 1 cover. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Supreme Court of Victoria: Dust Diseases List · 2026-10-23
- Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic) section 23AB · 2026-10-23
- Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic) section 27B · 2026-10-23
- Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note SC GEN 25 · 2026-10-23
No separate urgent-hearing rule for a terminally ill plaintiff was found on the List page. Do not invent one. The Court expects efficient conduct under the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic).
WIRC Act index headings for serious dust-related awards were seen and the sections were not opened. Do not state what they do.
If a document is to be filed in the Supreme Court, Practice Note SC GEN 25 applies. The tool writes nothing that is filed. Keep health, wage and scheme records in a firm-controlled tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. A breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).