TRADE & CUSTOMS PROMPT PACK - ORIGINAL LEGAL TESTS
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Status: active_verified
Review date: 2026-06-29
Jurisdiction: England and Wales focus unless a listed source, regulator, or issue is
UK-wide, Great Britain-wide, international, or devolved. Always check territorial scope.
Catalogue skill count: 16
Generated CaseWarRoom modules: 16

Purpose:
This is an original CaseWarRoom master note for Trade & Customs. It is an issue-spotting
and evidence checklist for AI agents. It is not legal advice, not a substitute for
current legislation or procedural rules, and not copied from any members-only prompt
library.

Source register reviewed on 2026-06-29:
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/
- https://www.gov.uk/
- https://www.judiciary.uk/

Current-law guardrails:
- Treat every limitation period, procedural deadline, statutory rate, form, regulator
  route, commencement date, and appeal/review window as something to verify against
  current official sources before relying on it.
- Separate facts proved by case materials from legal inference, missing evidence,
  strategic options, and assumptions.
- Do not invent statutory wording, case citations, monetary values, deadlines,
  regulatory guidance, or likely outcomes.
- Flag cross-border, devolved, EU/international, criminal/civil/regulatory overlap,
  and professional conduct issues where they appear.

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Trade & Customs prompt pack, active_verified, reviewed 2026-06-29.

Use this as an internal issue-spotting checklist only. It is not authority. For
Trade & Customs matters, examine:
- Classification/origin/value: classification/origin/value, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and current-law checks.
- Import/export controls: import/export controls, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and current-law checks.
- Sanctions: sanctions, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and current-law checks.
- Customs debt: customs debt, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and current-law checks.
- Licences: licences, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and current-law checks.
- HMRC decision: HMRC decision, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and current-law checks.
- Appeal: appeal, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and current-law checks.
- Evidence trail: evidence trail, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and current-law checks.
- Client objective and remedy route: desired outcome, urgency, available legal routes, settlement options, and non-court alternatives.
- Jurisdiction, forum, and governing rules: court, tribunal, regulator, governing law, territorial reach, and any mandatory procedure.
- Parties, capacity, standing, and authority: proper parties, legal personality, authority to act, standing, representatives, and conflicts.
- Limitation, deadlines, and notice requirements: trigger dates, statutory or contractual notices, appeal windows, extensions, and date evidence.

When writing outputs:
- Identify the legal test or procedural route being checked.
- Tie each issue to source documents, dates, parties, and missing evidence.
- Flag official-source checks for current law, procedure, deadlines, rates, forms,
  and commencement.
- Avoid final legal advice. Present evidence-led options, risks, and questions for
  the user or a qualified adviser to verify.
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Skill 01. Classification/origin/value
Purpose:
Apply the classification/origin/value test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
classification/origin/value, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents,
legal thresholds, and current-law checks, plus contradictory documents, witness
evidence, chronology, remedy impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Classification/origin/value. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 02. Import/export controls
Purpose:
Apply the import/export controls test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
import/export controls, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal
thresholds, and current-law checks, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence,
chronology, remedy impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Import/export controls. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 03. Sanctions
Purpose:
Apply the sanctions test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
sanctions, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and
current-law checks, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology, remedy
impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Sanctions. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 04. Customs debt
Purpose:
Apply the customs debt test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
customs debt, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds,
and current-law checks, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology,
remedy impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Customs debt. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 05. Licences
Purpose:
Apply the licences test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
licences, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and
current-law checks, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology, remedy
impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Licences. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 06. HMRC decision
Purpose:
Apply the hmrc decision test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
HMRC decision, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds,
and current-law checks, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology,
remedy impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: HMRC decision. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 07. Appeal
Purpose:
Apply the appeal test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
appeal, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds, and
current-law checks, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology, remedy
impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Appeal. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 08. Evidence trail
Purpose:
Apply the evidence trail test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
evidence trail, evidence proving or disproving it, source documents, legal thresholds,
and current-law checks, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology,
remedy impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Evidence trail. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 09. Client objective and remedy route
Purpose:
Apply the client objective and remedy route test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
desired outcome, urgency, available legal routes, settlement options, and non-court
alternatives, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology, remedy
impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Client objective and remedy route. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 10. Jurisdiction, forum, and governing rules
Purpose:
Apply the jurisdiction, forum, and governing rules test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
court, tribunal, regulator, governing law, territorial reach, and any mandatory
procedure, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology, remedy impact,
and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Jurisdiction, forum, and governing rules. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 11. Parties, capacity, standing, and authority
Purpose:
Apply the parties, capacity, standing, and authority test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
proper parties, legal personality, authority to act, standing, representatives, and
conflicts, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology, remedy impact,
and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Parties, capacity, standing, and authority. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 12. Limitation, deadlines, and notice requirements
Purpose:
Apply the limitation, deadlines, and notice requirements test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
trigger dates, statutory or contractual notices, appeal windows, extensions, and date
evidence, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology, remedy impact,
and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Limitation, deadlines, and notice requirements. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 13. Legal elements and burden of proof
Purpose:
Apply the legal elements and burden of proof test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
the elements each side must prove, evidential burden, presumptions, and unresolved
legal tests, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology, remedy
impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Legal elements and burden of proof. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 14. Documents and evidence map
Purpose:
Apply the documents and evidence map test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
core documents, missing records, metadata, chronology anchors, privilege, and source
reliability, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology, remedy
impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Documents and evidence map. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 15. Procedure and case management
Purpose:
Apply the procedure and case management test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
forms, pleadings, directions, disclosure, witness evidence, expert evidence, bundles,
and hearing timetable, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology,
remedy impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Procedure and case management. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

Skill 16. Defences, exceptions, and counterclaims
Purpose:
Apply the defences, exceptions, and counterclaims test within Trade & Customs while staying evidence-led and current-law aware.
Look for:
available defences, procedural bars, exclusion clauses, causation breaks, set-off, and
counter-remedies, plus contradictory documents, witness evidence, chronology, remedy
impact, and source verification needs.
Agent prompt:
"Review the case material for Trade & Customs: Defences, exceptions, and counterclaims. Identify facts proved, facts missing,
documents needed, legal or procedural tests to verify, deadline/rate/current-law risks,
and practical next steps. Do not invent law, figures, or outcomes."

