---
title: "Set the timetable and who is served before an approval hearing"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-the-timetable-and-who-is-served-before-an-approval-hearing"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-ST20261023-11"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Set the timetable and who is served before an approval hearing

> In a firm-controlled tool, set out the opened filing and service times and who must be served before an approval hearing. The tool writes nothing that is filed or signed.

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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 | In a firm-controlled tool, set out the opened filing and service times and who must be served before an approval hearing. The tool writes nothing that is filed or signed. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer confirms the forum, the dates, and any written agreement to a shorter time. The lawyer prepares the supporting evidence. The tool writes none of it. The lawyer confirms the current text of the filing and service rule before the dates are used. |
| Written for / versions | 3 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Put only opened day counts on the timetable, name who is served and who is not, and leave the evidence to the lawyer.

- What the AI does: In a firm-controlled tool, set out the opened filing and service times and who must be served before an approval hearing. The tool writes nothing that is filed or signed.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer confirms the forum, the dates, and any written agreement to a shorter time. The lawyer prepares the supporting evidence. The tool writes none of it. The lawyer confirms the current text of the filing and service rule before the dates are used.
- Who reviews: Responsible lawyer with competence in the matter
- Basis: Practical workflow informed by the linked primary sources; the traffic light and working checks are editorial guidance, not a court classification.
- Why: The level reflects what the work is, the consequence of an error, and how much of the output the lawyer must independently re-derive.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Use 30 days only for the Victorian rules that were opened, and flag that version 003 and version 021 were not opened.
2. Use five business days, and seven days for service of the order, only for the Queensland practice directions that were opened, and record any written agreement to a shorter time.
3. Put no day count on a New South Wales section 76 approval. Keep the bench book's 28 days on the management application, labelled as the bench book's statement.
4. List the opinion and the supporting evidence as not served, where the opened rule or direction says so, and write none of that evidence.

## Notes

- These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.
- Health, wage and capacity records stay in a firm-controlled tool. The lawyer checks confidentiality under the conduct rules that bind the firm, whether the firm is an APP entity, Australian Privacy Principle 11 on security and destruction, and whether a loss would be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The serious-harm threshold page was not opened.
- Practice Note SC Gen 23, paragraph 10, and Practice Note SC GEN 25, paragraphs 6.10 to 6.12, apply to affidavit material. The Queensland courts page warns against putting confidential information into a public chatbot. The tool writes no affidavit.

## Sources

- [Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 r 15.08 (as made)](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/num_reg/sccpr2025n85o2025514/s15.08.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025, in force (version 003)](https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/statutory-rules/supreme-court-general-civil-procedure-rules-2025) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [County Court Civil Procedure Rules 2018 r 15.08 (AustLII consolidation)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/cccpr2018380/s15.08.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [County Court Civil Procedure Rules 2018, in force (version 021)](https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/statutory-rules/county-court-civil-procedure-rules-2018) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Funds in Court: approvals of compromise](https://fundsincourt.vic.gov.au/for-legal-other-professionals/approvals-of-compromise/) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Supreme Court of Queensland Practice Direction 15 of 2018](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/578195/sc-pd-15of2018.pdf) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [District Court of Queensland Practice Direction 6 of 2018](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/856298/dc-pd-6of2018.pdf) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) r 98](https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/s98.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Public Trustee of Queensland: sanctions under section 59](https://www.pt.qld.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/official-solicitor/lawyers-and-insurers-fee-estimates-and-sanctions-under-s59) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 75](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cpa2005167/s75.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 76](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cpa2005167/s76.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Judicial Commission of NSW: persons under legal incapacity](https://www.judcom.nsw.gov.au/publications/benchbks/civil/persons_under_legal_incapacity.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Supreme Court of NSW Practice Note SC Gen 23](https://supremecourt.nsw.gov.au/documents/Practice-and-Procedure/Practice-Notes/general/current/PN_SC_Gen_23.pdf) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [Victoria](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-the-timetable-and-who-is-served-before-an-approval-hearing/victoria.md) | Yellow |
| [New South Wales](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-the-timetable-and-who-is-served-before-an-approval-hearing/new-south-wales.md) | Yellow |
| [Queensland](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-the-timetable-and-who-is-served-before-an-approval-hearing/queensland.md) | Yellow |

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