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title: "Closing submissions on findings and recommendations at an inquest: structure and checklist (NSW)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/submissions-on-findings-and-recommendations-checklist"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a61-submissions-on-findings-and-recommendations-checklist"
area_id: "A61"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A61-V20261018-8"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Closing submissions on findings and recommendations at an inquest: structure and checklist (NSW)

> A structure and checklist for written submissions at the end of a NSW inquest: the s 81 findings (identity, date and place, manner and cause of death), each proposed recommendation under s 82 tested for evidence and…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/submissions-on-findings-and-recommendations-checklist  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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A structure and checklist for written submissions at the end of a NSW inquest: the s 81 findings (identity, date and place, manner and cause of death), each proposed recommendation under s 82 tested for evidence and practicality, and the limit that findings must not suggest an offence.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Coronial Inquests](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 2 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when preparing written or oral closing submissions for a family, institution or agency after the evidence closes, usually in response to counsel assisting's submissions. Prepare the evidence references first; submissions must be grounded in the transcript and exhibits.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the submissions on findings and recommendations at the end of an inquest](https://ailawframework.com/practice/coronial-inquests.md#A61-V20261018-8)

## How AI may be used

AI may index the transcript and exhibits against each finding and proposed recommendation and check citations; the lawyer writes the submissions and decides what to concede or oppose.

**AI may:**

- Index the transcript and exhibits by finding and by proposed recommendation
- Check every transcript and exhibit reference in the draft against the record
- Tabulate counsel assisting's proposed recommendations and the evidence cited for each

**AI must not:**

- Must not write the submissions or characterise a witness's evidence for filing
- Must not invent transcript references or quote evidence that is not in the record

**The lawyer checks:**

- Every factual statement supported by a precise transcript or exhibit reference
- Position on each proposed recommendation decided by the client with the lawyer, including feasibility and cost
- Nothing invites a finding that indicates or suggests an offence

## Authorities

- [Coroners Act 2009 (NSW) s 81(1) (findings as to identity, date and place, and manner and cause of death)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-2009-041)
- [Coroners Act 2009 (NSW) s 82(1) to (4) (recommendations on any matter connected with the death, including public health and safety; record must not indicate or suggest an offence; copies to the State Coroner and others)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-2009-041)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/submissions-on-findings-and-recommendations-checklist and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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