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title: "Application for minor civil dispute – consumer and trader (QCAT): completion and filing guide"
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# Application for minor civil dispute – consumer and trader (QCAT): completion and filing guide

> Link to QCAT's consumer and trader minor civil dispute page, with a guide to trying to resolve the dispute first, the six-year limit, naming the trader with its ACN or ABN, what to include, copies to file, the…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/form-qcat-minor-civil-dispute-consumer-trader  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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Link to QCAT's consumer and trader minor civil dispute page, with a guide to trying to resolve the dispute first, the six-year limit, naming the trader with its ACN or ABN, what to include, copies to file, the sliding-scale fee and fee waiver.

## 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: Queensland
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at qcat.qld.gov.au and the 3 authorities it cites, for Queensland.

## When to use it

Use when a consumer or trader in Queensland applies to QCAT to resolve a consumer and trader dispute as a minor civil dispute.

## 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 the application against the tribunal's form and the documents on file and draft the orders sought for the lawyer to settle; the lawyer checks every statement and order in each application before it is signed and lodged.

**AI may:**

- Check every part of the draft application is complete and the respondent's name and address for service match the documents
- Draft the orders sought, citing the section numbers the lawyer has identified, for the lawyer to settle
- Index the supporting documents (agreements, notices, receipts, photos, correspondence) with dates and sources
- Build a dated timeline of the agreement, payments, defects and complaints from the receipts and correspondence

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide which orders to seek or which section of the Act applies
- Must not write a party's statement of what happened in their own words, or any evidence that will be signed or sworn
- Must not sign or lodge the application

**The lawyer checks:**

- Lodged within six years of the incident
- Trader named with the correct ACN or ABN for the company or business name, so an order can be enforced
- Every applicant and respondent named
- Agreement date, what was agreed, payment dates and amounts, and what the trader said about quality included
- Application and supporting material filed with three copies plus one for each additional party, and the correct fee paid or a Form 49 waiver lodged

## Authorities

- [Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 (Qld)](https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2009-023)
- [Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Application for minor civil dispute – consumer and trader](https://www.qcat.qld.gov.au/case-types/consumers-traders-and-businesses/consumer-and-trader-dispute-process/consumer-and-trader-disputes/consumer-and-trader-dispute/consumer-and-trader-dispute/application-for-consumer-and-trader-dispute)
- [Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Schedule 2 (Australian Consumer Law: consumer guarantees)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A00109/latest/text)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.qcat.qld.gov.au/case-types/consumers-traders-and-businesses/consumer-and-trader-dispute-process/consumer-and-trader-disputes/consumer-and-trader-dispute/consumer-and-trader-dispute/application-for-consumer-and-trader-dispute)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by qcat.qld.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.

## 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-qcat-minor-civil-dispute-consumer-trader 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.*