---
title: "Build a building-defect chronology from the scheme’s papers"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/strata-and-community-titles/build-a-building-defect-chronology-from-the-scheme-s-papers"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A47-R20260922-4"
practice_area: "Strata & Community Titles"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-09-23"
---

# Build a building-defect chronology from the scheme’s papers

> Extract dates, authors and document titles into a chronology of complaints, reports and minutes about the defect.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/strata-and-community-titles/build-a-building-defect-chronology-from-the-scheme-s-papers  
Last reviewed: 2026-09-23

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Strata & Community Titles](https://ailawframework.com/practice/strata-and-community-titles.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| 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 / versions | — |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

The chronology shows what the file contains and when. It does not say who is liable or what the repair costs.

- What the AI does: Extract dates, authors and document titles into a chronology of complaints, reports and minutes about the defect.
- What the lawyer does: Check each entry against the document and decide what, if anything, is put to an expert or a tribunal.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in the matter and the forum
- Basis: Planning guidance checked against the linked public sources on 22 September 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.
- Why: The traffic light follows the consequence of an error and how much of the output the lawyer must check before it is used.
- Written for: AU

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. One row, one document, one date taken from that document.
2. Keep the expert’s words separate from the chronology.
3. Note gaps, including years with no paper.
4. Do not add a conclusion on liability, limitation or quantum.

## Notes

- 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.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: The state or territory of the building, including its tribunal if a claim is contemplated

**Deliverable**: A dated chronology with a document reference on each row and no liability conclusion.

**Inputs**

- Complaints, reports and minutes the client is allowed to use
- The defect the client has named

**Example**: An expert report dated March is not evidence of when the leak started. The row records the report date only.

**Stop and escalate 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.

Checked 2026-09-22.

## Sources

- [NSW Government: strata](https://www.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-construction/strata) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [Queensland Government: body corporate](https://www.qld.gov.au/housing/body-corporate) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [Consumer Affairs Victoria: owners corporations](https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing/owners-corporations) (checked 2026-09-22)

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