---
title: "Authority to accept a personal injury settlement"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/authority-to-accept-personal-injury-settlement"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a21-authority-to-accept-personal-injury-settlement"
area_id: "A21"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A21-T1-R10"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# Authority to accept a personal injury settlement

> Written instructions from a client who can give them, authorising the firm to accept a stated personal injury settlement after the advice letter. Not a statutory declaration, and not for a person who cannot instruct.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/authority-to-accept-personal-injury-settlement  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.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 4 authorities it cites, for Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use after the settlement advice letter is given, when the client has decided to accept and can give instructions. Do not use it for a child or for a person whose settlement must be sanctioned or approved.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft a settlement advice and conference paper](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/draft-a-settlement-advice-and-conference-paper.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may insert the offer terms and the net estimate from the advice letter the lawyer has approved; the lawyer checks the authority against that letter before the client signs.

**AI may:**

- Copy the amount, the costs treatment and the net estimate from the approved advice letter
- Insert the client's name and the date of the advice letter

**AI must not:**

- Must not present this authority as a statutory declaration or an affidavit
- Must not invite a child, or a person who cannot instruct, to sign it
- Must not change the amount from the advice letter

**The lawyer checks:**

- The advice letter, including the s 177 or s 312 estimates, was given before this authority is signed
- The client can instruct. If sanction or approval is required, this authority is not used
- The net estimate is the same figure as the distribution statement, or the difference is explained in writing

## Authorities

- [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) s 177 (disclosure before the settlement is executed)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lpul333/s177.html)
- [Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) s 312 (additional disclosure before the settlement is executed)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/lpa2007179/s312.html)
- [Public Trustee Act 1978 (Qld) s 59 (sanction required for a person under a legal disability)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/pta1978179/s59.html)
- [Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 76 (court approval, and the s 76(3A) exception)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cpa2005167/s76.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/personal-injury-and-compensation/authority-to-accept-personal-injury-settlement 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.*