---
title: "Application for default judgment (Northern Territory small claims): completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/form-nt-small-claim-default-judgment"
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id: "a29-form-nt-small-claim-default-judgment"
area_id: "A29"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A29-T1-R13"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

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

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## 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 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

- [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 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.

## 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-small-claim-default-judgment 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.*