--- title: "Letter of instruction to a vocational assessor" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/letter-instructing-vocational-assessor" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a21-letter-instructing-vocational-assessor" area_id: "A21" kind: "letter" ai_level: "yellow" version: 1 task_ids: ["A21-T1-R8", "A21-P20260916-3", "A21-P20260916-4", "A21-SB20261022-9", "A21-DM20261023-13"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23" --- # Letter of instruction to a vocational assessor > Letter asking a vocational assessor for realistic occupations, hours and sourced earnings, without a diagnosis, an impairment score or a valuation. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/letter-instructing-vocational-assessor 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 12 authorities it cites, for Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. ## When to use it Use when a plaintiff firm instructs a vocational assessor on work capacity in Victoria, Queensland or New South Wales. The earnings figures go into a loss calculation only after the lawyer puts them in the assumptions. ## 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 assumptions required for future economic loss](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-out-the-assumptions-required-for-future-economic-loss.md) - [Assess loss of earnings that cannot be tied to a defined weekly loss](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/assess-loss-of-earnings-that-cannot-be-tied-to-a-defined-weekly-loss.md) ## How AI may be used The tool may assemble the letter from the lawyer's job history and the document index, and the lawyer settles the questions before it is sent. **AI may:** - Assemble the index from the documents the lawyer has selected, with one page sequence. - Insert the pathway or forum block the lawyer has selected and remove the others. **AI must not:** - Must not state an impairment percentage, a diagnosis, or whether a statutory threshold is met. - Must not put health or wage records into a public or consumer tool. - Must not draft an affidavit, a witness statement or a statutory declaration. - Must not invent an occupation, an earnings figure, or a medical opinion. - Must not ask the assessor whether a person was negligent. **The lawyer checks:** - One forum block remains, and the code is enclosed. - The questions do not ask for a diagnosis or an impairment score. - In a Victorian serious injury application, paragraph 23.58 of PNCLD 1-2026 has been read. - Records go by the approved secure channel. ## Authorities - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Schedule 7, version current 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](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/ucpr2005305/s31.23.html) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 31.27](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/ucpr2005305/s31.27.html) - [District Court of NSW General Practice Note 2, 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](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/sccpr2025433/s44.03.html) - [Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note SC Gen 25, 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, 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) - [County Court of Victoria Practice Note PNCLD 1-2026, version 3.0 of 9 February 2026](https://www.countycourt.vic.gov.au/files/documents/2026-02/common-law-division-practice-note-pncld-feb-2026_0.docx) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) r 429F](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/s429f.html) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) r 429H](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/s429h.html) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) Schedule 1C](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/sch1c.html) - [Supreme Court of Queensland Practice Direction 5 of 2025](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/889148/sc-pd-5-pf-2025.pdf) ## 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-vocational-assessor 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.*