--- title: "Letter of instruction to an engineer" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/letter-instructing-engineer" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a21-letter-instructing-engineer" area_id: "A21" kind: "letter" ai_level: "yellow" version: 1 task_ids: ["A21-T1-R8", "A21-P20260916-3", "A21-P20260916-4", "A21-SB20261022-5"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23" --- # Letter of instruction to an engineer > Letter asking an engineer for the condition, the mechanism and the available precautions in a plaintiff claim, with the precautions section named by the lawyer and no conclusion on negligence. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/letter-instructing-engineer Law stated as at: 2026-10-23 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt ## 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 13 authorities it cites, for Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. ## When to use it Use when a plaintiff firm instructs an engineer on how an incident happened and what precautions were available, in Victoria, Queensland or New South Wales. The lawyer decides which precautions section applies, and whether one applies at all. ## Used for these tasks - [Draft medico-legal instructions and review the draft report](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/draft-medico-legal-instructions-and-review-the-draft-report.md) - [Check an expert report’s assumptions and AI disclosure](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-an-expert-report-s-assumptions-and-ai-disclosure.md) - [Check a proposed medico-legal referral before booking](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-a-proposed-medico-legal-referral-before-booking.md) - [Set out the precaution questions for a failure to take care](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-out-the-precaution-questions-for-a-failure-to-take-care.md) ## How AI may be used The tool may assemble the letter from the lawyer's pleaded precautions and the document index, and the lawyer chooses the section and settles every question before it is sent. **AI may:** - Assemble the letter from the lawyer's questions, the assumption list and the document index. - Insert the forum block the lawyer has selected and remove the other forum blocks. - Check that every enclosed document is named in the index and that page numbers run in one sequence. **AI must not:** - Must not suggest, draft or strengthen the expert's opinion, diagnosis, impairment score or conclusion. - Must not put health, wage or benefit records into a public or consumer tool, or into a tool that may train on them. - Must not choose the forum's code or artificial intelligence rule from memory. The lawyer confirms the current instrument. - Must not draft an affidavit, a witness statement or a statutory declaration. - Must not state that a person was negligent, or choose which precautions section applies. **The lawyer checks:** - The printed section is the one the lawyer has confirmed, or the letter says none of the three applies. - The questions ask for condition, mechanism and precautions, and not for a finding of negligence. - Access to the place has been confirmed before the inspection. - One forum block remains, and the code is enclosed. ## Authorities - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Schedule 7 (expert witness code of conduct), current version from 13 March 2026](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2005-0418#sch.7) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 31.23 (code of conduct must be provided, and the acknowledgement)](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/ucpr2005305/s31.23.html) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 31.27 (experts' reports, including generative artificial intelligence)](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/ucpr2005305/s31.27.html) - [District Court of NSW General Practice Note 2 (Generative AI Practice Note), commencing 3 February 2025, adopting Supreme Court Practice Note SC Gen 23](https://districtcourt.nsw.gov.au/documents/practice-notes/district-court-pn---general/Gen_AI_Practice_Note.pdf) - [Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 (Vic) r 44.03 (report of expert)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/sccpr2025433/s44.03.html) - [Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note SC Gen 25, paragraph 6.12 and footnote 2 (Form 44A), issued 14 May 2026](https://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/areas/legal-resources/practice-notes/sc-gen-25-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence-by-court-users) - [County Court of Victoria Practice Note PNCCV 1-2026, paragraph 5.12, version 1.0 of 5 June 2026](https://www.countycourt.vic.gov.au/files/documents/2026-06/use-artificial-intelligence-court-users-practice-note.docx) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) r 429F (duty of expert)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/s429f.html) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) r 429H (requirements for report)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/s429h.html) - [Supreme Court of Queensland Practice Direction 5 of 2025, Accuracy of references in submissions](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/889148/sc-pd-5-pf-2025.pdf) - [Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 5B (general principles)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cla2002161/s5b.html) - [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s 48 (general principles)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s48.html) - [Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld) s 9 (general principles)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cla2003161/s9.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/letter-instructing-engineer 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.*