Letters of advice your clients actually read.
Quillio drafts structured letters of advice in AU legal style — FIAC (facts, issues, applicable law, conclusion) — with cited authorities and plain-English advice your clients can act on.
Quillio drafts letters of advice in the structure AU lawyers use — facts, issues, applicable law, conclusion, with recommendations — grounded in AU statute and case law. Each authority I rely on is cited so you can verify before relying on the draft. Drafts are a starting point for your judgment, not a finished product.
What changes
A 5-page letter of advice on a commercial question takes 90-120 minutes — fact gathering, legal research, structuring the analysis, writing in the firm's voice, and checking the authorities.
Quillio produces a structured first draft in 4 minutes — facts summarised from the file, issues framed, current AU authorities cited, and advice given in the firm's voice. You spend the remaining time on the parts that need judgment.
From upload to output
Tell me the question
Describe the client, the facts, and the question. Upload any source documents — correspondence, contracts, file notes. I ask clarifying questions if the facts are incomplete.
I research the law
I identify the applicable statute and case law, grounded in the AU/NZ legal corpus, and select the authorities that actually apply to your facts.
I structure the advice
Facts, issues, applicable law, application, conclusion, recommendations — in AU legal letter style, with a plain-English executive summary at the top for the client.
I cite the authorities
Every authority I rely on is cited with a clickable link to the source. You verify the authority before relying on the advice.
You refine in your workflow
Export to Word, amend in the firm's voice, and send. Over time I learn your firm's standard positions and voice.
What you can do with Quillio ai letter of advice drafting
- Draft letters of advice on any AU or NZ legal question
- Produce plain-English executive summaries for non-lawyer clients
- Structure advice in FIAC (facts, issues, applicable law, conclusion) form
- Ground advice in current AU statute and case law with citations
- Draft preliminary advice letters and detailed opinion letters
- Produce client-facing summaries of complex technical advice
A real example
Your client — a Pty Ltd retailer — has received a letter from a supplier asserting that a "force majeure" clause excuses a 6-month delivery delay. Your client wants advice on whether it can terminate the supply agreement and claim damages. You need the advice by tomorrow morning.
Upload the supply agreement and the supplier's letter. Ask Quillio for a letter of advice covering termination rights and damages exposure.
In 5 minutes: a 6-page draft letter of advice with executive summary, facts, issues, applicable law (ss 3, 9, 18 ACL; force majeure principles; Laurinda Pty Ltd v Capalaba; termination for repudiation), application to the facts, conclusion (the force majeure clause likely does not extend to a 6-month delay on these facts; termination rights are available; damages calculation outlined), and three recommendations. Every authority is cited and clickable.
Documents, jurisdictions, and practice areas
Document types
- Letters of advice
- Opinion letters
- Preliminary advice memoranda
- Client summaries and briefings
- Advice on regulatory compliance questions
- Advice on contractual interpretation
- Dispute risk assessments
Jurisdictions
- NSW
- VIC
- QLD
- WA
- SA
- TAS
- ACT
- NT
- Federal
- NZ
Practice areas
- Commercial
- Family
- Property
- Employment
- Litigation
- Wills & Estates
- Tax
- Regulatory
AI Letter of Advice Drafting FAQs
Will Quillio's advice letters be accurate enough to send?
I produce a first draft. You review, verify the cited authorities, apply your professional judgment, and sign the letter in your name. The duty of competence sits with you. Most lawyers using Quillio say I save 60-80% of the drafting time while leaving the judgment calls untouched.
Does Quillio cite real AU authorities?
Yes. I draw from a verified AU/NZ legal corpus and cite every authority with a clickable link to the source. This is the core difference between purpose-built legal AI and general-purpose AI like ChatGPT, which has been documented to fabricate case citations.
Can Quillio write in my firm's voice?
Yes. Over time I learn your firm's voice — the opening and closing conventions, the register, the standard positions on common questions. The more I see your letters, the more "you" my drafts get.
Can I produce a plain-English summary for a non-lawyer client?
Yes. Every letter of advice can include a plain-English executive summary at the top, with the technical analysis that follows. Clients read the summary; in-house counsel and the partner read the detailed analysis.
Does this work for regulatory and tax advice?
Yes for most practice areas — commercial, property, employment, family, regulatory. For tax advice I flag the issues and cite the statute and rulings, but tax is specialist and often needs a tax practitioner's sign-off. I give a first view; the tax practitioner does the final advice.
Will the client know I used AI to draft?
That is your call. Most AU firms using Quillio disclose AI use in their engagement letter (a one-line statement) rather than per-document. The advice goes out in your name on your letterhead; the drafting tool is not material to the client.
Is advice data confidential?
Yes. Quillio runs on Australian infrastructure under SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001. Advice letters and source material never leave Australia and are not used to train any model.
Try it on a current document.
The fastest way to test Quillio on advice letters is to draft one for a current matter. The free trial requires no credit card and no sales call — upload the file, see the draft, and compare against what you would have written.
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