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Application for default judgment (Northern Territory small claims): completion guide
Link to the Northern Territory application for default judgment named on the small-claims page. It is used if there is no response within 28 days. No form number is stated. The PDF was not opened.
- Kind
- Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Where it applies
- Northern Territory
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the official form at nt.gov.au and the authority it cites, for Northern Territory.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Link to the official form. Licence: © Northern Territory Government. Link only: download the current default-judgment application from the nt.gov.au page each time; do not copy or adapt it.
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.
When to use it
Use when a defendant has not responded within 28 days to a small claim on this page, and the claimant asks the court to decide without a hearing. The page calls that default judgment. The tool does not write the application.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may check that 28 days have passed with no response recorded, and that this application is the file. The lawyer decides whether default judgment is available and writes the application.
AI may
- Check the file name application-for-default-judgment.pdf against the document on the file
- List the service date and whether a response is on the file
- Flag that this PDF sits in a different media folder from the statement-of-claim files
AI must not
- Must not draft the application, the judgment, or the reasons
- Must not treat silence as proved. The lawyer decides whether the page's 28-day step applies
- Must not invent a fee or a form number
- Must not sign or lodge the application
The lawyer checks
- No response has been received, and the 28 days the page states have been counted from service
- The declaration of service has been dealt with. The tool does not write that declaration
- The PDF was not opened. No form number was stated on the page
- 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.
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer. Licence: © Northern Territory Government. Link only: download the current default-judgment application from the nt.gov.au page each time; do not copy or adapt it..
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