---
title: "Letter advising an injured client of limitation and notice periods"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/limitation-and-notice-advice-letter"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a21-limitation-and-notice-advice-letter"
area_id: "A21"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A21-T1-R1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# Letter advising an injured client of limitation and notice periods

> Letter setting out the court limitation periods and the separate scheme notice periods in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, with the sections to delete if they do not apply.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/limitation-and-notice-advice-letter  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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Letter setting out the court limitation periods and the separate scheme notice periods in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, with the sections to delete if they do not apply. The lawyer inserts the dates and removes every row that is not this claim.

## 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 10 authorities it cites, for Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when the firm is acting and the client needs written advice on when a notice must be given and when a proceeding must be started. Delete every row that does not apply. Do not send it as a decline letter. Confirm each period in the current Act before the letter goes out.

## Used for these tasks

- [Calculate limitation and pre-action notice deadlines from the injury facts](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/calculate-limitation-and-pre-action-notice-deadlines-from-the-injury-fac.md)

## How AI may be used

The tool may delete inapplicable rows and insert dates the lawyer has calculated, and the lawyer checks every period against the current Act before the letter is sent.

**AI may:**

- Remove rows for schemes that do not arise on the facts the lawyer has marked
- Insert dates the lawyer has calculated next to the section the lawyer has selected
- List facts still missing before a date can be given

**AI must not:**

- Must not calculate a deadline from an assumed date of injury
- Must not leave a row in the letter for a state or a scheme that does not apply
- Must not say a claim is in time, or out of time, unless the lawyer has made that decision

**The lawyer checks:**

- Each period in the letter was checked in the current Act on the day of sending, including any regulation that can change a motor-accident period
- Child, disability, dust and child-abuse rows are kept or removed according to the facts, not by default
- The letter matches the diary. A Queensland notice that requires a statutory declaration is completed by the client, not by the tool

## Authorities

- [Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic) ss 3(2), 3(3), 27D, 27E, 27F and 27K](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/loaa1958226/s27d.html)
- [Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) ss 5(2), 11, 11A and 29(2)(c)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/loaa1974226/s11.html)
- [Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) ss 50C, 50D and 50F](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/la1969133/s50c.html)
- [Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic) s 68](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/taa1986204/s68.html)
- [Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic) s 328](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wiraca2013484/s328.html)
- [Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) s 9](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/pipa2002314/s9.html)
- [Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld) s 37](https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-1994-009#sec.37)
- [Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) ss 131, 275 and 302](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wcara2003400/s131.html)
- [Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW) ss 6.13 and 6.14](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/maia2017245/s6.13.html)
- [Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) s 261](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wimawca1998540/s261.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/limitation-and-notice-advice-letter 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.*