Prepare written submissions so every authority can be opened and checked
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Draft the structure and argument from the evidence table and list every authority with the authoritative source where it can be read.
- What the lawyer must review
- Read each authority in full from an authoritative source and remove anything you cannot verify. Watch for the signs the judiciary flags: unfamiliar citations, US authorities and American spelling. If you relied on a junior's AI-assisted research, the duty to check is still yours (Ayinde at [8]).
Rules that apply
The document starts from the task name. Change it if this piece of work is different.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes organising research leads and preparing preliminary structure or wording. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Open each relied-on authority independently. Confirm its existence, current status, proposition and any quotation or pinpoint reference.
- 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.