---
title: "Build a Victorian dust-disease chronology for the Dust Diseases List"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-an-occupational-disease-or-dust-disease-file-chronology-and-issu/victoria"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-T1-R12-VIC"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["VIC"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Build a Victorian dust-disease chronology for the Dust Diseases List

> 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-an-occupational-disease-or-dust-disease-file-chronology-and-issu/victoria  
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 | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| 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. |
| Written for | Victoria |
| Applies to | [Prepare an occupational-disease or dust-disease file chronology and issues list](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-an-occupational-disease-or-dust-disease-file-chronology-and-issu.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer decides the pathway and what goes to the Dust Diseases List. The tool only extracts a chronology.

- What the AI does: 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 does: Make the legal assessment, check the source material and authorise the output for its intended use.
- 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. Build the chronology from source pages: exposure, employer, diagnosis, and any statutory claim. Do not add a medical conclusion.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

## Notes

- 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).

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Victoria: Supreme Court Dust Diseases List, and any related statutory dust claim

**Deliverable**: A source-linked chronology and a list of open pathway questions, with no court document.

**Inputs**

- Exposure and employment records
- Diagnosis
- Any statutory claim documents
- Whether a proceeding is contemplated

**Example**: 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 escalate when**

- The output would be filed, or would decide that section 23AB applies.
- The dust definition is about to be assumed without being opened.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Supreme Court of Victoria: Dust Diseases List](https://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/areas/common-law-division/specialist-lists/dust-diseases) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic) section 23AB](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/loaa1958226/s23ab.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic) section 27B](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/loaa1958226/s27b.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note SC GEN 25](https://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/areas/legal-resources/practice-notes/sc-gen-25-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence-by-court-users) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Authorities to trace a dust client's employment and the former employers' insurers](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/authorities-trace-dust-employment-insurers.md) | Letter | 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](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/letter-former-employer-dust-history-insurer.md) | Letter | 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](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/product-identification-letter-asbestos-stone.md) | Letter | 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](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/notice-early-evidence-gravely-ill-plaintiff.md) | Court document | 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](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/nsw-dust-diseases-care-eligibility-checklist.md) | Checklist | 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](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/letter-preserve-dust-employment-product-records.md) | Letter | 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](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/treatment-chronology.md) | Other | Yellow | A page-cited chronology of treatment, complaints and findings drawn from health records, with a verification log. It is a working document, not the witness's evidence. |
| [Request for an urgent hearing where the plaintiff is gravely ill](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/urgent-hearing-gravely-ill-plaintiff.md) | Letter | Yellow | A letter asking for an urgent hearing where the plaintiff is gravely ill. The New South Wales variant is addressed to the Dust Diseases Tribunal, and Victoria and Queensland ask the registry for the… |
| [Dust Diseases Care application (icare): care, support or lung screening](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-nsw-icare-dust-diseases-care-application.md) | Form | 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](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-nsw-ddt-asbestos-claim.md) | Form | 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.

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