Security for Costs / Stay / Extension / Setting Aside

Structured workflow for security for costs / stay / extension / setting aside: 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

Prepare an application or opposition concerning `[SECURITY FOR COSTS / STAY / EXTENSION OF TIME / SETTING ASIDE DEFAULT JUDGMENT / OTHER PROCEDURAL RELIEF]`.

Identify the exact legal test, jurisdictional prerequisites, discretionary factors and evidence relevant to the selected application. Address delay, explanation, merits, prejudice, proportionality, conduct, conditions and costs. Distinguish factors that go to jurisdiction from those going only to discretion.

Draft the orders sought, affidavit plan and written-submission structure. Include alternative conditional orders that protect the client if the primary position is rejected.

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# F. Case Management and Trial Preparation