Forum and parties
The court or tribunal, and who stands on each side.
LITIGATION & RISK ASSESSMENT
What are the prospects?
Upload the dispute file. LegalOpine builds the chronology from the record, tracks limitation, retrieves the judgments that bear on each question and helps you set out a reasoned view on the prospects.
The brief
For merits opinions and pre-litigation advice.
Before a client sues or defends, they want to know where they stand. The answer depends on the facts that can be proved, whether time has run, and how courts have decided cases like theirs.
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Pleadings and orders
Plaints, written statements, petitions, orders and decrees.
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Notices and correspondence
Legal notices, replies, emails and letters between the parties.
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Evidence
Agreements, invoices, records and anything else the case will rest on.
DISPUTE RECORD
The dispute, on one record.
Every litigation matter keeps the shape of the dispute in one place.
Claim value
What is claimed, and by whom.
Limitation date
The date by which the claim must be brought, kept on the matter beside the facts it is counted from.
Fact chronology
Every fact in date order, marked disputed or not, with the page it comes from.
Judgments retrieved
Decisions that bear on each question, linked to the matter as authorities.
Prospects by question
A likelihood for each question the client asks — your estimate, with your reasoning beside it.
LINKER
The record, in the order it happened.
For a dispute, the Linker does what it does for a title: it puts the record in order and shows where it breaks.
- Facts in order Events from every document laid out by date, each with its source page.
- Disputed or admitted Each fact marked as admitted or in dispute, so the real issues stand out.
- Gaps in the record Events with no document behind them, named for you to follow up with the client.
- Limitation in view The limitation date sits on the matter, beside the facts it is counted from.
FAQS
Litigation questions.
Does it predict how a case will end?
No. It gathers the facts, the dates and the authorities so you can form a view. Any likelihood given for a question is your estimate, set and explained by you.
How is limitation worked out?
From the dates in the record and the period you confirm for the claim. You can correct it at any time.
Can it read a case file in a regional language?
Yes — English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Marathi, including scanned orders and photographs.