---
title: "Draft a fee estimate that reflects generative-AI use"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/draft-a-costs-disclosure-from-the-matter-scope-and-the-scale-or-estimate/new-zealand"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A42-T1-R1-NZ"
practice_area: "Costs, billing & litigation funding"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NZ"]
last_reviewed: "2026-09-23"
---

# Draft a fee estimate that reflects generative-AI use

> List the tasks the firm proposes to do with a tool and the tasks that remain timed lawyer work.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/draft-a-costs-disclosure-from-the-matter-scope-and-the-scale-or-estimate/new-zealand  
Last reviewed: 2026-09-23

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Costs, billing & litigation funding](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List the tasks the firm proposes to do with a tool and the tasks that remain timed lawyer work. |
| What the lawyer must review | Apply Chapters 3 and 9 of the Rules, including the reasonable-fee factors Decide whether time-and-attendance still fits if a tool does the work Tell the client where appropriate |
| Written for | New Zealand |
| Applies to | [Draft a costs disclosure from the matter scope and the scale or estimate](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/draft-a-costs-disclosure-from-the-matter-scope-and-the-scale-or-estimate.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the tasks the firm proposes to do with a tool and the tasks that remain timed lawyer work.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 September 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A generated bill is not a costs assessment.

## Sources

- [NZLS: Generative AI guidance for lawyers (March 2024)](https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/professional-practice/rules-and-maintaining-professional-standards/generative-ai-guidance-for-lawyers/) (checked 2026-09-23)
- [Conduct and Client Care Rules 2008](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/secondary-legislation/pco-drafted/2008/214/en/latest/) (checked 2026-09-23)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*