defence-strategy-plannerlisted

# Defence Strategy Planner Build a defensible strategy from the governing law and available record. Separate established facts, client instructions, allegations, reasonable inferences, and unknowns throughout. ## Required inputs - Jurisdiction, charges and alleged conduct - Applicable substantive, procedural and evidence law, if known - Complaint, police or prosecution record, orders and disclosed evidence - Client instructions, including disputed facts and objectives - Custody, bail or other restrictions and every live deadline - Prior applications, admissions, offers, counsel advice and case actions If a critical input is unavailable, identify it and explain how the gap affects the strategy. Do not silently invent facts or law. ## Method 1. **Frame the case.** Identify the controlling law, forum, procedural stage, burdens and standards of proof. Verify current law where the answer may have changed. 2. **Map the prosecution case.** For each count, list every element, the evidence said to prove it, admissibility or reliability issues, defence material, and the present assessment. Treat absence of disclosure as unknown rather than proof of absence. 3. **Build the chronology.** Create a source-linked timeline. Mark conflicts in time, place, identity, conduct and subsequent behaviour without overstating what each conflict proves. 4. **Test competing theories.** Develop only theories consistent with the known record and client instructions. For each, state supporting facts,