How we verify
Word for word, and you can check it.
Here's where the text comes from, what the AI does and doesn't do, and where the limits are.
From the court's PDF to your screen.
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Official PDFs
From official court PDFs, through public datasets, keeping judgments and reasoned orders.
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Text kept as it is
Read out of the PDF and split at the Court's own paragraph numbers.
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AI only finds
It matches your facts to passages, and writes nothing you read as law.
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Labels
Headnotes, counsel's arguments and quoted extracts are marked.
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Back to the PDF
Each passage opens the PDF at that page, with the lines highlighted.
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Exact comparison
Draft checks compare against stored judgments, without AI deciding the result.
Where the limits are
Machine-read text
Older PDFs can come out with wrong characters or broken words. Compare with the PDF before you quote.
Not everything is here
"Not found" means it isn't in the judgments we hold, not that it doesn't exist.
Not a good-law check
We show later mentions, but don't decide whether a case has been overruled or is still good law.
Private reporters
SCC and AIR numbers can't be verified, only matched by case name where possible.
Finding isn't advice
A strong match means the words fit your facts. Whether it helps your case is your call.
Tell us about errors
If a passage looks wrong, write to us through the contact page.
Questions
Could the AI make up a case?
It doesn't write the text you read. Results come from the stored judgments, and each one links to its PDF.
Can the check be wrong?
Yes. It can miss a citation written in an unusual way, or misread a machine-read PDF. Treat it as a check, not a guarantee.
Are translations official?
We link only the Court's published translations. The Court marks them as non-authentic for official use, so cite the English judgment.