---
title: "Prepare Victorian conference material with no mandatory offer"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-compulsory-conference-material-and-the-mandatory-final-offer/victoria"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-MV20261023-9-VIC"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["VIC"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Prepare Victorian conference material with no mandatory offer

> Prepare an index for the serious-injury conference, or the later common-law conference, using only the material the current protocol requires. Leave any figure blank. Do not draft a mandatory final offer.

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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 | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Prepare an index for the serious-injury conference, or the later common-law conference, using only the material the current protocol requires. Leave any figure blank. Do not draft a mandatory final offer. |
| What the lawyer must review | Confirm which conference the protocol step is Do not add a mandatory final offer or a sealed envelope Leave any settlement figure blank Health records stay in the firm tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply, and a breach may be notifiable. |
| Written for | Victoria |
| Applies to | [Prepare compulsory-conference material and the mandatory final offer](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-compulsory-conference-material-and-the-mandatory-final-offer.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

Within 45 days of a genuine serious-injury application the Commission may arrange a conference under clause 8.2. The protocol does not require the claimant to make a mandatory final offer.

- What the AI does: Prepare an index for the serious-injury conference, or the later common-law conference, using only the material the current protocol requires. Leave any figure blank. Do not draft a mandatory final offer.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer makes the legal assessment, checks the source material and authorises 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. Clause 8.2: if the Commission considers a conference would assist, it contacts the lawyer to arrange it. The purpose is to resolve the serious-injury question. The client must attend. If the client is a minor or a person under a disability, the guardian or administrator may elect whether to take part.
2. Anything said at the serious-injury conference is without prejudice. Do not add a mandatory final offer, a sealed envelope, or a costs consequence.
3. A common-law damages conference is a later step under chapter 13. If pecuniary loss greater than $200,000 is claimed, particulars of loss are provided at least 7 days before that conference. They are without prejudice and are not put on an ambit basis.
4. After an unresolved common-law conference, the protocol reserves to the Commission a right to serve a settlement offer in Calderbank form, except where the client requires a litigation guardian or administrator. That is not an offer the claimant must make.

## Notes

- Clause 13.6 requires written certification that an unresolved common-law conference has concluded. The lawyer decides whether that certification is given. The tool does not write it.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Victoria. Common Law Protocol 2026, chapters 8 and 13.

**Deliverable**: A conference index and a comparison of heads, with any figure left blank.

**Inputs**

- The application and the Commission's response
- Documents already exchanged
- Whether pecuniary loss above $200,000 is claimed

**Example**: Illustrative example: The Commission has asked for a serious-injury conference. The index lists the exchanged reports. No offer figure is entered. The lawyer decides what is said at the conference.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The protocol step is not yet a conference.
- An offer figure has been entered by the tool.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Transport Accident Commission: Common Law Protocol 2026](https://www.tac.vic.gov.au/providers/resources/tac-protocols-tabs/common-law-protocol) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Transport Accident Commission: Claims for common law damages](https://www.tac.vic.gov.au/clients/how-we-can-help/treatments-and-services/policies/other/lump-sum-damages-common-law) (checked 2026-10-23)

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