--- title: "Dust Diseases Tribunal: lodging an asbestos-related claim" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-nsw-ddt-asbestos-claim" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a21-form-nsw-ddt-asbestos-claim" area_id: "A21" kind: "form" ai_level: "red" version: 1 task_ids: ["A21-T1-R12", "A21-T1-R7"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23" --- # Dust Diseases Tribunal: lodging an asbestos-related claim > Link to the Dust Diseases Tribunal's steps for an asbestos-related claim: UCPR Form 3A or 3B, then the Tribunal's statement of particulars with a Form 1 cover. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-nsw-ddt-asbestos-claim Law stated as at: 2026-10-23 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt ## Key facts - Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one. - Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) - Jurisdictions: New South Wales - AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified. - Law stated as at: 2026-10-23 - Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the official form at dustdiseasestribunal.nsw.gov.au and the 3 authorities it cites, for New South Wales. ## When to use it Use when a plaintiff starts an asbestos-related claim in the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales. The statement of claim is UCPR Form 3A or Form 3B. The particulars are the Tribunal's own form, not UCPR Form 14. ## Used for these tasks - [Prepare an occupational-disease or dust-disease file chronology and issues list](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-an-occupational-disease-or-dust-disease-file-chronology-and-issu.md) - [Draft pleadings or points of claim from the medical chronology](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/draft-pleadings-or-points-of-claim-from-the-medical-chronology.md) ## How AI may be used The tool writes nothing in the statement of claim, the affidavit verifying, or the Tribunal particulars, and it may only build a dust-exposure chronology from records already on the file. **AI may:** - Build a chronology of employment, dust exposure and diagnosis from records already on the file - List which of the statement of claim, the particulars and the filing fee are still outstanding - Record the online-registry retention dates the Tribunal page states, once the filing date is known **AI must not:** - Must not write the statement of claim, the affidavit verifying, or the plaintiff's statement of particulars - Must not treat the Tribunal's Form 1 in Schedule 2 as UCPR Form 1, or the reverse - Must not file or serve **The lawyer checks:** - File the statement of claim online, by post or in person, with the filing fee, then serve. Then file the Plaintiff's Statement of Particulars with a UCPR Form 1 cover, then serve - The Tribunal's particulars are Form 1 in Schedule 2 of the Regulation. The linked document filename includes valid_feb_09. That filename is not a commencement date. The document was not opened - Form 3A includes an affidavit verifying where the Rules require it. Practice Note SC Gen 23 paragraph 10 applies to that affidavit - The how-to-file page, last updated 11 June 2025, sets out UCPR rule 3.5 for documents uploaded to Online Registry, including the duty to file an original if the court requires it and the two-year retention periods in rule 3.5(9) - Advice to Practitioners No. 2 of 2013 may apply when the plaintiff is gravely ill. The advice itself was not opened - An unrepresented party needs leave under UCPR rule 7.3 before a subpoena issues - Health, wage and other personal information stays in a firm-controlled tool. Check confidentiality under ASCR r 9 and APP 11, and whether any breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). ## Authorities - [Dust Diseases Tribunal, How to lodge an asbestos-related claim](https://dustdiseasestribunal.nsw.gov.au/dust-diseases-tribunal-home/practice-and-procedures/tribunal-fees-and-forms/how-to-lodge-an-asbestos-related-claim.html) - [Dust Diseases Tribunal, How to file online (page last updated 11 June 2025)](https://dustdiseasestribunal.nsw.gov.au/practice-and-procedures/tribunal-fees-and-forms/how-to-file-online.html) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules forms, Form 3A version 7](https://ucprforms.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/dcj/ctsd/ucpr/documents/pdf/ucpr_form_3a_v71.pdf) ## Official form [Official form](https://dustdiseasestribunal.nsw.gov.au/dust-diseases-tribunal-home/practice-and-procedures/tribunal-fees-and-forms/how-to-lodge-an-asbestos-related-claim.html) ## Where this comes from The official form is published by dustdiseasestribunal.nsw.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-23. ## 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/form-nsw-ddt-asbestos-claim 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.*