Draft the settlement-approval affidavit and submissions
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- Index the settlement deed, distribution scheme and the funding, costs and commission material as exhibits, and table every settlement sum, deduction, fee and litigation-history date beside the source document it comes from. Against the approval affidavit and submissions the lawyer has written, list each assertion with no source on the file and flag form departures from the court's settlement-approval rules and class actions practice note; the tool writes no part of the affidavit, and in this task it writes no part of the submissions either, because the approval submissions restate the sworn material and the tier follows the most restrictive component of the task. That is a confinement of this task, not a general rule about submissions.
- What the lawyer must review
- Settlement approval binds the class. The lawyer writes the affidavit and the submissions, and the deponent adopts the evidence as their own knowledge. Rebuild every sum, fee, commission and risk statement from the file, and confirm the court's current approval rules before filing.
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. Potential support includes extracting and organising information and identifying points for review. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human. |
| Lawyer | Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- Confirm each factual assertion with the witness and original record. Preserve the witness’s own knowledge and words, and check the court’s rules for this document.
- Check the current court or regulator requirements, prescribed form and attachments for the intended document and filing.
- Confirm that the wording reflects the client’s instructions and contains no unintended admission, concession or commitment. Check the recipient and tone.
- Verify the applicable jurisdiction and the version of each relevant law, rule or instrument in force at the material time.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.