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title: "Victorian Supreme Court: approval of a compromise for a person under disability"
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# Victorian Supreme Court: approval of a compromise for a person under disability

> Checklist of Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 (Vic) rule 15.08. A compromise of a claim by or against a person under disability is not valid without the Court's approval.…

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Checklist of Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 (Vic) rule 15.08. A compromise of a claim by or against a person under disability is not valid without the Court's approval. The affidavit is not drafted here.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Victoria
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Victoria.

## When to use it

Use when a claim in the Supreme Court of Victoria is made by or on behalf of, or against, a person under disability, and a compromise, payment or offer of compromise is proposed. Rule 15.01, which defines person under disability, was not opened.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare court-approval papers for a child or protected-person settlement](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-court-approval-papers-for-a-child-or-protected-person-settlement.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may list the dates the rule requires. It must not draft the affidavit or advise that the compromise is binding. The lawyer prepares the application.

**AI may:**

- Record the date of the compromise, payment or acceptance, and the date of birth, from documents the lawyer supplies
- Record a date 30 days after that compromise, payment or acceptance
- Note that rule 15.08(2.1) says the affidavit in support is not served

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the affidavit or the summons
- Must not define person under disability. Rule 15.01 was not opened
- Must not say the compromise is valid before approval

**The lawyer checks:**

- The person is a person under disability as rule 15.01 defines it
- The summons is filed not later than 30 days after the compromise, payment or acceptance, unless the Court dispenses with a summons at trial
- Any order approving a payment of money uses Forms 15A and 15B where appropriate. Those forms were not opened

## Authorities

- [Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 (Vic) (SR No 85 of 2025) r 15.08, Compromise of claim by a person under disability](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/num_reg/sccpr2025n85o2025514/s15.08.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/vic-compromise-under-disability 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.*