---
title: "Statement of claim for debt or damages (Northern Territory): completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/form-nt-claim-debt-or-damages"
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area_id: "A29"
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version: 1
task_ids: ["A29-T1-R13"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Statement of claim for debt or damages (Northern Territory): completion guide

> Link to the Northern Territory small-claims statement of claim the page titles Debt or damages. The file name is statement-of-claim-of-debt-or-damages. No form number is stated. The files were not opened.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/form-nt-claim-debt-or-damages  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Competition & Consumer Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Northern Territory
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at nt.gov.au and the authority it cites, for Northern Territory.

## When to use it

Use when a Northern Territory small claim is for money owed or for damages, and this Debt or damages statement of claim is the file. Do not use the motor-vehicle collision form for a goods or services dispute. The lawyer checks the forum and checks Local Court Form 7A before filing a second claim. The tool does not write the claim or the declaration of service.

## Used for these tasks

- [Map consumer-guarantee remedies for a goods or services dispute](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/map-consumer-guarantee-remedies-for-a-goods-or-services-dispute.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may check that the debt-or-damages file is the one on the matter and list the page's steps. The lawyer writes the statement of claim and the declaration of service.

**AI may:**

- Check the file name statement-of-claim-of-debt-or-damages against the PDF or DOCX on the file
- List the 28-day period the page gives in a letter of demand for money owed
- Flag the goods form and the motor-vehicle collision form as different files on the same page

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the statement of claim or the amount claimed
- Must not draft the declaration of service. If it is a statutory declaration or an affidavit, the tool writes nothing in it
- Must not call this file an NTCAT form or Local Court Form 7A
- Must not invent a fee or a form number
- Must not sign or lodge the claim

**The lawyer checks:**

- The claim is for debt or damages, not for a motor-vehicle collision and not for goods to be returned or replaced
- The forum is checked against the page's $25,000, $25,001 to $250,000, and above $250,000 bands
- Local Court Form 7A is a different publication. This page does not identify these files as Form 7A
- The letter of demand for money owed, on this page, asks for a reasonable period within 28 days. That letter is not this form
- The court's or tribunal's current index is checked before assuming a generative-AI practice direction applies. None was stated on the page opened for this guide.

## Authorities

- [Northern Territory Government, How to make a small claim](https://nt.gov.au/law/courts-and-tribunals/small-claims/how-to-make-a-small-claim)

## Official form

[Official form](https://nt.gov.au/law/courts-and-tribunals/small-claims/how-to-make-a-small-claim)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by nt.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/form-nt-claim-debt-or-damages and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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