Letter · Personal Injury & Compensation

Supplementary questions after an expert report

Short letter sending further documents and asking whether the expert's opinion on a material matter has changed, with the supplementary-report duty for each state.

Kind
Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
Where it applies
Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales
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 7 authorities it cites, for Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.
Version
1
Source
Written for this library

When to use it

Use after a plaintiff firm has a report and then receives documents the expert has not seen. Do not use it to invite a particular change in the opinion.

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 assemble the letter from the new document index and the date of the earlier report, and the lawyer checks that it does not suggest a change of opinion.

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 suggest how the opinion should change, or draft the supplementary report.

The lawyer checks

  • The further documents are listed, and the assumptions are unchanged or the change is stated.
  • One forum block remains, and it matches the original instructions.
  • The letter does not hint at the desired opinion.
  • The documents go by the approved secure channel.

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

Authorities

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