Build a building-defect chronology from the scheme’s papers
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Extract dates, authors and document titles into a chronology of complaints, reports and minutes about the defect.
- What the lawyer must review
- Verify dates and authors against the documents
- Do not turn the chronology into a defects opinion
- Written for / version
- Written for Australia
The work product
Forum. The state or territory of the building, including its tribunal if a claim is contemplated
Produce. A dated chronology with a document reference on each row and no liability conclusion.
Have ready. Complaints, reports and minutes the client is allowed to use; The defect the client has named.
Example of the limit. An expert report dated March is not evidence of when the leak started. The row records the report date only.
Stop and hand it back when
- The papers include another lot’s private records you have not been told you may use.
- The draft states a cause or a dollar figure for the defect.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-09-22.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Extract dates, authors and document titles into a chronology of complaints, reports and minutes about the defect. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- One row, one document, one date taken from that document.
- Keep the expert’s words separate from the chronology.
- Note gaps, including years with no paper.
- Do not add a conclusion on liability, limitation or quantum.
Sources
- NSW Government: strata · 2026-09-22
- Queensland Government: body corporate · 2026-09-22
- Consumer Affairs Victoria: owners corporations · 2026-09-22
Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.