---
title: "Costs update notice for a personal injury claim"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/firm-pi-costs-update-notice"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a42-firm-pi-costs-update-notice"
area_id: "A42"
kind: "notice"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A42-PE20261022-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# Costs update notice for a personal injury claim

> Written notice to a personal injury client that something already disclosed about costs has changed.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/firm-pi-costs-update-notice  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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Written notice to a personal injury client that something already disclosed about costs has changed. New South Wales and Victoria use the Uniform Law significant-change duty, Queensland uses the substantial-change duty, and the lawyer writes the impact.

## Key facts

- Kind: Notice. A formal notice to serve or publish.
- Practice area: [Costs, billing & litigation funding](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding.md)
- Jurisdictions: Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-23
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.

## When to use it

Send on a plaintiff personal injury file in New South Wales, Victoria or Queensland when an estimate already given has changed because of the injury claim, and enclose the revised estimate. Do not use it where the change is only that a Uniform Rules threshold will be crossed, and do not send it as well as the library significant-change letter for the same change. It is not the disclosure given before a settlement is signed.

## Used for these tasks

- [Update the costs disclosure after a significant change to the estimate](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/update-the-costs-disclosure-after-a-significant-change-to-the-estimate.md)

## How AI may be used

The tool can assemble the notice once the lawyer has written what changed and the impact. The lawyer decides whether the change is significant or substantial, and whether this notice is the right one.

**AI may:**

- Place the lawyer's account of the change into the notice
- Name the section that matches the state the lawyer has selected
- Point to the revised estimate for the figures

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide that a change is significant or substantial
- Must not write the impact, the urgent work, or any dollar figure
- Must not use significant-change wording on a Queensland file
- Must not send this notice together with the library significant-change letter for the same change

**The lawyer checks:**

- The state is marked and the matching section is the one that applies to this file
- The impact is enough for the client to decide the future conduct of the matter where section 174(2)(b) applies
- A threshold disclosure under section 174(7) or (8) is sent on the library letter, not on this notice

## Authorities

- [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) s 174(1)(b), (2)(b), (3), (6) and (7), AustLII compilation](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lpul333/s174.html)
- [Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) s 315, ongoing obligation to disclose, AustLII compilation](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/lpa2007179/s315.html)

## 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/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/firm-pi-costs-update-notice 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.*