Capabilities and limitations
Know the retrieval boundary before relying on a result.
These descriptions are not guarantees that a given data format, integration or matter size has been independently verified.
A due-diligence matrix
| Area | Described approach | What a lawyer must check |
|---|---|---|
| Matter intake | Organises matter documents and links them to the legal work. | Check supported formats, scanned documents, OCR, attachments, duplicates, versioning, bulk intake and failure receipts. |
| Ask and source retrieval | Answers bounded questions with source evidence intended for human review. | Verify eligibility and index coverage, unavailable documents, omitted material, error handling and false negatives. |
| Chronology and issues | Connects proposed events, issues and source material. | Test uncertain or conflicting dates, incomplete events, corrections and export fidelity. |
| Document lineage | Supports review of version relationships and read-only impact on downstream work. | Test branching, wrong versions, provenance, approval boundaries and reversibility. |
| Case Operator | Describes supervised investigations and proposed tasks. | Test an entire unaided run, prerequisites, failure states, saved work and professional sign-off. |
| Drafts and reports | Separates AI-assisted drafts from professional acceptance. | Test approvals, citation survival, retrieval of past work, re-opening and export accuracy. |
| Legal research | Legal assertions must be source-checked before reliance. | Identify which external authorities are licensed, current and actually available; distinguish them from matter evidence. |
| Integrations and scale | Intended for substantial documentary litigation. | Obtain explicit import/export formats, integrations, supported matter sizes and observed performance under load. |
The essential professional rule
Inspect the relevant passage and its context, not just the citation label. A claim of absence can only apply to the material actually searched. Professional judgement remains with the solicitor.