Seek to issue a subpoena in aid of an arbitration
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the tribunal’s permission (where needed), the documents or testimony required and the third party’s details, populate the court’s subpoena form data and the supporting application, with a schedule describing each category of documents.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer confirms the statutory basis and any tribunal permission, narrows the categories so they are not oppressive, settles the application and any affidavit with the deponent, and manages access to produced material under the court’s practice.
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the tribunal’s permission (where needed), the documents or testimony required and the third party’s details, populate the court’s subpoena form data and the supporting application, with a schedule describing each category of documents. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the arbitral material may go into the tool under the confidentiality provisions, the rules and any procedural order before it is used.
- Confirm the tribunal’s permission where the Act requires it.
- Check each category is described precisely enough not to be oppressive.
- Confirm the affidavit, if any, is the deponent’s own evidence.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subpoena in aid of a Model Law arbitration | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Checklist of section 23 before a party applies to a court for a subpoena to attend or to produce documents to the arbitral tribunal. |
| Federal Court Form 54: application for a subpoena under the International Arbitration Act 1974 | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to Federal Court Form 54, the application for a subpoena under the International Arbitration Act 1974, rule 28.46(1). |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.