Legal Opinion

Structured workflow for legal opinion: organise the supplied facts and documents, identify missing information, draft or analyse in stages, and verify facts, authorities and assumptions before use.

This is a reusable litigation prompt from the Litigation AI Prompt Repository. It is intended for Malaysian civil litigation but can be adapted by changing the placeholders. Use the Universal Litigator Control Block first where source discipline, adversarial review and authority verification matter.

Prompt

Draft a written legal opinion for `[CLIENT]` concerning `[QUESTIONS PRESENTED]`, based on `[MATERIALS]`.

Use this structure:

1. Executive Opinion;
2. Instructions and Scope;
3. Material Facts and Assumptions;
4. Questions Presented;
5. Applicable Law;
6. Analysis by Issue;
7. Adverse Arguments and Litigation Risks;
8. Available Relief and Enforcement;
9. Evidential and Procedural Gaps;
10. Recommended Course;
11. Further Information and Documents Required.

Separate firm conclusions from provisional views. Explain how each material authority applies to the particular facts rather than merely listing authorities. Address the strongest contrary construction fairly.

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# B. Document and Evidence Assessment