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title: "Statement of claim for a liquidated debt (NSW UCPR Form 3A or 3B) and default judgment: completion guide"
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# Statement of claim for a liquidated debt (NSW UCPR Form 3A or 3B) and default judgment: completion guide

> A completion guide for suing on a liquidated debt in NSW: choosing the court and division, completing the approved statement of claim, pleading the debt and interest, service, and moving for default judgment with an…

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Law stated as at: 2026-10-17

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A completion guide for suing on a liquidated debt in NSW: choosing the court and division, completing the approved statement of claim, pleading the debt and interest, service, and moving for default judgment with an affidavit that meets the Local Court's AI rules.

## Key facts

- Kind: Court document. A document filed or served in a court or tribunal.
- Practice area: [Debt Recovery & Civil Enforcement](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-17
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-17 against the official form at ucprforms.nsw.gov.au and the 6 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when the debtor has not paid or responded to a letter of demand and the claim is for a fixed sum in NSW. Download the current approved forms on the day. Do not use where the debt is genuinely disputed in a way that needs a fuller pleading.

## How AI may be used

AI may help populate the particulars of a liquidated claim from the contract, invoices and ledger, and check a completed claim pack against the form and registry requirements, but the lawyer settles the pleading, and no AI is used to generate the content of any affidavit.

**AI may:**

- Populate particulars of the debt (invoices, dates, payments) from a reconciled ledger
- Check the completed form for blank fields, stale form versions and mismatched party details
- Calculate interest from the rate and periods the lawyer specifies, showing the arithmetic

**AI must not:**

- Must not generate or rephrase any content of the affidavit of debt or affidavit of service
- Must not choose the court, the cause of action or the defendant's legal identity
- Must not file anything

**The lawyer checks:**

- The defendant's exact legal name and address for service are verified
- The amount, interest calculation and costs claimed are correct and allowed
- Service complies with the rules for that kind of defendant
- Affidavits include the Gen AI disclosure required by SC Gen 23 para 13

## Authorities

- [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Pts 6, 14, 15 and 16, including r 14.3](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2005-0418)
- [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) approved Forms 3A, 3B, 35, 38, 40 and 41](https://ucprforms.nsw.gov.au/)
- [Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 100](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2005-028)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2025 (NSW) Sch 1 (costs for recovery of certain debts)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2025-0453)
- [Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 109X](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A00818/latest)
- [Local Court of NSW, Practice Note – Generative Artificial Intelligence (adopting SC Gen 23, from 12 January 2026)](https://localcourt.nsw.gov.au/documents/practice-notes/other/Practice_Note_Generative_Artificial_Intelligence_Commences_12.01.26.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://ucprforms.nsw.gov.au/)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by ucprforms.nsw.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-17.

## 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/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement/statement-of-claim-liquidated-debt 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.*