Prepare a cited case-law research summary for a lawyer to review

A draft summary linked to case IDs, primary-source URLs and page references, with open questions for a lawyer.

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Claude: digests each case, then arranges the summary

Claude drafts a digest per case; the lawyer corrects them, then Claude arranges the checked digests into a summary.

  1. You

    Prepare the case set

  2. Claude

    Draft each case digest

  3. You

    Check digests against sources

  4. Claude

    Arrange the summary

  5. You

    Lawyer checks and decides

  1. Prepare a lawyer-cleared case set

    Use: You

    Your research question, jurisdiction and date scope, case texts and primary-source links, as a register S1 onward.

    Check

    The lawyer checks each primary source, the question and disclosure scope. Note excerpt boundaries; do not make up missing markers.

  2. Draft a digest for each case

    Use: Claude

    Ask Claude for a separate digest per supplied case, with source pointers and items still to confirm. Not legal advice.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Task: Case-by-case draft digests for a lawyer to verify, not legal advice. Use only the supplied case excerpts and register. For each source ID list the question addressed, procedural posture only if explicit, the court's stated conclusion, supporting exact short quote, existing paragraph or page marker, primary-source URL copied from the register, and excerpt limits. Distinguish a party argument from the court's reasoning. Say 'still to confirm' if the text is insufficient. Do not find cases, infer missing holdings, invent citations, assess current validity or advise on a result. Inputs: [paste cleared question, jurisdiction, date scope, register and excerpts].

  3. Check each digest against its source

    Use: You

    The lawyer checks each digest against its primary case text and corrects it.

    Check

    A qualified lawyer checks each quotation, citation, marker, court statement and procedural label against the full primary source. Mark current status and missing context as still to confirm unless separately checked.

  4. Arrange the checked digests

    Use: Claude

    Ask Claude to arrange the corrected digests under the lawyer's issue headings, with a separate gaps list.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Task: A cited research-summary draft for lawyer review. Arrange only my corrected digests under the supplied issue headings. Link every proposition to source ID, existing paragraph or page marker and supplied primary-source URL. Preserve limits and conflicting accounts. Keep unconfirmed current status and missing research in a separate gaps list. Do not add authorities, legal conclusions, advice or claims of completeness. No external search and no sending. Inputs: [paste the corrected digests, issue headings and open questions].

  5. Check the summary and decide its use

    Use: You

    The lawyer reviews the summary and decides its next use.

    Check

    The lawyer rechecks every proposition and citation against primary sources, considers contrary and later authority through separate research, and marks unresolved points. Only the lawyer decides what can be relied on. Nothing has been filed or sent.

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Every assistant output is checked by a qualified lawyer against supplied primary text.

No case search, filing, sending or legal decision takes place in these paths.

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What still needs checking
  • The reviewing lawyer, relevant jurisdiction, date cutoff and research question must be supplied.
  • The supplied case set may omit contrary or later authority. Only a lawyer's separate primary-source research can resolve completeness and current status.
  • The ability of the assistants named here to preserve legal meaning, source references and quotes for these prompts is not yet checked.
  • The listing and any kept evidence describe general writing, analysis or summarization help, not a legally reliable research service.
  • Option A is a starting point for case-by-case review, not a quality ranking.

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