---
title: "Extension request: work already done and the further work sought (Legal Aid NSW)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice/grant-extension-work-estimate"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a54-grant-extension-work-estimate"
area_id: "A54"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A54-E20261018-2"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Extension request: work already done and the further work sought (Legal Aid NSW)

> Checklist for a Grants Online extension for further work items or disbursements, including the signed-application rule and what the file must show before the request is sent.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice/grant-extension-work-estimate  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Legal Aid & Community Legal Practice](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when a grant is in place and the lawyer needs Legal Aid NSW to approve further work items or a disbursement. Send it before doing work that the current grant does not cover.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the request to extend a grant of aid with a work estimate](https://ailawframework.com/practice/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice.md#A54-E20261018-2)

## How AI may be used

AI may list work already recorded on the file and draft the estimate rows from the lawyer's hours. The lawyer decides what further work to seek and sends the request.

**AI may:**

- List dated file entries that show work already done under the current grant
- Turn the lawyer's list of proposed next steps into estimate rows with hours left blank for the lawyer
- Remind the file of the signed-copy and inbox steps published by Legal Aid NSW

**AI must not:**

- Must not choose the work items or the disbursement, or state that the extension will be granted
- Must not invent a Grants Online field, a fee scale rate, or a stage cap
- Must not send the request or tell the client that further work is funded

**The lawyer checks:**

- Each item sought is outside the current grant and is described so a grants officer can see why it is needed now
- The estimate is the lawyer's, with assumptions stated, and it matches the current fee scale
- A signed copy of the aid application is on the file, or the reason it could not be signed is in a file note
- The determination will be read in Grants Online. Work does not start on the new items until it is approved

## Authorities

- [Legal Aid NSW, Applications and extensions of legal aid (Grants Online extension request for additional work items or disbursements; practitioner keeps the application signed by the client)](https://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/for-lawyers/grants-online/applications-and-extensions-of-legal-aid)

## 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/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice/grant-extension-work-estimate 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.*