Draft written submissions on a plea in the Local Court of New South Wales
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Draft the plea submissions from the facts and the authorities the lawyer has opened.
- What the lawyer must review
- Verify citations in the body. The Local Court note adopts SC Gen 23.
- Written for / version
- Written for New South WalesUS
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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.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilty plea sentencing preparation checklist: purposes, s 21A factors, plea discount and subjective material (NSW) | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Checklist for preparing a NSW sentence hearing after a guilty plea: agreed facts, purposes of sentencing, s 21A aggravating and mitigating factors, the plea discount under s 22 or ss 25D and 25E, imprisonment as a last resort, and the subjective case and its evidence. |
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