Checklist · Personal Injury & Compensation

Queensland notice of claim for damages: assembly checklist

Checklist for assembling a notice of claim for damages under section 275 of the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) before a proceeding is started.

Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
Where it applies: Queensland
AI use: Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
Law stated as at: 23 October 2026
Status: Maintained. Checked on 23 October 2026 against the 4 authorities it cites, for Queensland.
Version: 1
Source: Written for this library

When to use it

Use when a Queensland worker, or another claimant entitled to claim damages for a work injury, is preparing the approved notice of claim for damages. Do not use it for the statutory weekly-payments claim, or for a QIRC appeal.

Used for these tasks

Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.

How AI may be used

The tool may build the exhibit list and flag missing section 275 items from the file, and the lawyer writes the notice, the offer and the statutory declaration, and decides whether the limitation period is protected.

AI may

List section 275(6) to (8) items against documents already held, including the notice of assessment
Extract dates of injury, employment and the notice of assessment into a chronology for the lawyer to check
Mark Form 275 section 1 if a section 276 waiver is being asked for, without writing the reasons

AI must not

Must not write or complete the statutory declaration. Section 275(5) requires verification of statements in the claimant's personal knowledge, and Form 275 version 3 contains that declaration
Must not state a degree of permanent impairment threshold, or the length of the general limitation period. Those figures were not read in the Act for this checklist
Must not advise the client that section 302(1)(b) or Schedule 5 has extended the period

The lawyer checks

The current approved form is downloaded on the day of use. Form 275 version 3 was the PDF opened on 23 October 2026
Section 302(2) is satisfied before the limitation period ends: complying notice, waiver, a section 297 declaration, or section 298 leave
The declaration is signed by the claimant before a justice of the peace, commissioner for declarations or solicitor, as the form states
Health, wage and scheme records stay in the firm's approved tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. A breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.

Authorities

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