Review a Queensland release before the client signs
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the draft release, extract any confidentiality clause, any apology, the people and bodies released, and the amount. Do not rewrite the deed and do not advise the client to sign.
- What the lawyer must review
- The client signs this deed. Check every release, confidentiality clause and apology.
- Do not treat a deed signed now as a previously settled right of action under s 48.
- The guidelines do not bind the State, and they do not bind a private institution.
- Keep the file in the firm's system. Confidentiality and APP 11 apply.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Queensland. A settlement deed the client is asked to sign.
Produce. A marked clause list from the draft release, for the lawyer's advice before the client signs.
Have ready. The draft deed; The defendants actually sued; Whether the defendant is the State.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The draft stops the client speaking about the claims process, and the defendant is the State. The tool marks the clause and notes paragraph 12 of the guidelines. The lawyer advises. The tool does not say s 48 will reopen the deed.
Stop and hand it back when
- The tool advises the client to sign.
- The tool gives a calendar date for the commencement of s 11A.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the draft release, extract any confidentiality clause, any apology, the people and bodies released, and the amount. Do not rewrite the deed and do not advise the client to sign. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- A previously settled right of action under s 48 was settled before s 11A commenced, and after a limitation period had expired. A deed signed today is not that agreement.
- The November 2022 guidelines say a confidentiality clause should be considered case by case and, if used, should not stop the claimant discussing the circumstances of the claim and the claims process.
- They say an apology should be offered where the State has acted improperly. They do not bind the State.
- Leave Medicare, Centrelink and NDIS clearances to the firm's existing compensation-recovery work.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Redress Scheme and a civil claim: comparison checklist | Checklist | AI use Yellow | A comparison, for a survivor and the lawyer, of a National Redress Scheme offer and a civil claim: components, the six-month decision, the release, a decline, and a Victorian set-aside limit. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) s 48 · 2026-10-23
- Queensland whole-of-government guidelines for child-abuse civil litigation, November 2022 · 2026-10-23
- Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) s 11A · 2026-10-23
Do not promise that this deed can be set aside under s 48. Do not invent the commencement date of s 11A.
The guidelines do not bind a private institution.