---
title: "Queensland speculative personal injury costs cap worksheet"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/qld-speculative-costs-cap-worksheet"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a42-qld-speculative-costs-cap-worksheet"
area_id: "A42"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A42-T1-R2", "A42-PE20261022-23", "A42-PE20261022-24"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# Queensland speculative personal injury costs cap worksheet

> A Queensland worksheet for the section 347 maximum on claim-related costs. The lawyer applies the formula in the current section, and half the settlement is not the fee.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/qld-speculative-costs-cap-worksheet  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Costs, billing & litigation funding](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding.md)
- Jurisdictions: Queensland
- 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 5 authorities it cites, for Queensland.

## When to use it

Use before a Queensland bill, or before a settlement costs disclosure, on a speculative personal injury claim. Do not use it in Victoria or New South Wales, and do not use it as the costs agreement.

## Used for these tasks

- [Compare a funding, uplift or common-fund agreement to the current rules](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/compare-a-funding-uplift-or-common-fund-agreement-to-the-current-rules.md)
- [Disclose the costs estimates before a settlement is executed](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/disclose-the-costs-estimates-before-a-settlement-is-executed.md)
- [Check a costs agreement does not calculate the fee from the outcome](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/check-a-costs-agreement-does-not-calculate-the-fee-from-the-outcome.md)

## How AI may be used

The tool may list the lawyer's figures for E, R, D and the additional amounts, and it must not write the section 347 formula or treat half the settlement as the fee.

**AI may:**

- Enter E, R and D from the judgment or settlement documents and from invoices the lawyer has accepted
- List additional amounts separately from D, including interest on a disbursement loan
- Leave the cap blank until the lawyer has applied the formula in the current official text

**AI must not:**

- Must not print or reconstruct the section 347 formula, including any half-settlement arithmetic
- Must not use 50% of the amount recovered as the basis of the fee
- Must not put interest on a disbursement loan into D
- Must not say the agreement is void under section 327 except as the Proctor's statement, and must tell the lawyer to read section 327
- Must not apply this worksheet outside Queensland

**The lawyer checks:**

- The matter is a speculative personal injury claim. The definition was not inside section 347 and has been read in the Act
- E, R and D match the definitions, and each refund in R has a source
- The cap is the lawyer's calculation from the formula in the current section, not a figure generated here
- A barrister's fee is classified only after section 347(8)(b) is applied
- If the bill would exceed the cap, a written application is made before the greater amount is charged
- The worksheet stays on the file and is not sent out as the costs agreement

## Authorities

- [Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) s 347(1) (maximum claim-related costs inclusive of GST, worked out by the formula; E, R and D are defined; the formula is a graphic)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/lpa2007179/s347.html)
- [Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) s 347(2) to (5) (a greater amount needs written approval of the bar association or the law society; a barrister is covered only if not retained by another practice)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/lpa2007179/s347.html)
- [Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) s 347(8) (additional amounts, including loan interest and the barrister carve-out; claim-related costs; legal costs)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/lpa2007179/s347.html)
- [Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) s 325 (prohibition on calculating costs by reference to the amount recovered)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/lpa2007179/s325.html)
- [QLS Proctor, 17 April 2023 (section 347 is a maximum, not the basis of calculation; the Proctor says a 50% fee breaches section 325 and renders the agreement void under section 327)](https://www.qlsproctor.com.au/2023/04/reminder-for-personal-injuries-practitioners-costs-agreements/)

## 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/qld-speculative-costs-cap-worksheet 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.*