Drafting a Supreme Court application with the assistant

The assistant can produce a first draft of common filing documents so you start from a structured page instead of a blank one. You review and finish it, then file it yourself.

What it can draft

• Condonation of delay in filing and in re-filing
• Application for exemption from filing a certified copy
• Application for exemption from filing an official translation
• Application for intervention or impleadment
• Application for permission to file additional documents
• Application for stay
• Application for substitution
• Supporting affidavit
• Memo of parties
• Synopsis and list of dates
• Vakalatnama

How it works

1. Ask in the assistant, naming the case if you can, for example "draft a condonation of delay application for this petition".
2. The draft fills in what is known from the case record: the cause title and the parties.
3. Anything the record cannot tell it appears in [square brackets], for example who appears for the applicant. Fill every bracket yourself.
4. Copy or export the result and edit it in your usual tools.

Why every draft needs your review

A draft is a starting point. The facts, the grounds, the dates and the prayer are yours to confirm, and so is how the matter will be argued. Check the cause title and party names against the petition, and check any date against the order. Never file a draft without reading it all.

Drafts are a research aid, not legal advice, and the Supreme Court's own rules and practice directions govern what you file.